Journal d'un missionnaire au Texas et au Mexique.
by DOMENECH (Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonn)
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1846-1852. Paris, Gaume frres, 1857, in-8, broch sous couverture imprime, quelques mouillures claires initiales. 2 ff.n.ch., pp. V-XII, 477 pp., une grande carte dpliante hors texte avec des parties colorises, petite dchirure au f. XI-XII. Sabin 20549. Monaghan 557. Numa Broc Amrique 123. Voir Cowan p. 70 pour la premire dition anglaise. dition originale. "Relates to Texas, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Utah, etc., and contains also much upon the manners and customs of the Indians. The abb was private chaplain of the ill-fated Maximilian, emperor of Mexico". Cf. Cowan. L'abb Emmanuel Domenech (1805-1879), personnage haut en couleurs, avait t envoy trs jeune en mission aux tats-Unis. Ayant achev le sminaire de Saint-Louis, il fut mut San Antonio. Profitant d'un bref retour en Europe la fin de l'anne 1850, il se rendit Rome pour offrir au pape une paire de mocassins indiens. Il sjourna ensuite Brownsville, l'embouchure du Rio Grande, o il devint trs populaire. Il n'a jamais cach sa sympathie pour les prtendus "sauvages".
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- Journal d'un missionnaire au Texas et au Mexique.
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- DOMENECH (Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonn)
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