Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Demersay, Alfred, d. 1891
Title:
Histoire physique, économique et politique du Paraguay : et des établissements des Jésuites / par L. Alfred Demersay ... ouvrage accompagné d'un atlas, de pièces justificatives et d'une bibliographie.
Published / Created:
Paris : L. Hachette et cie., 1860-64.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 atlas. (64 leaves, 16 leaves of plate : ill. ; 63 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The author's original plan included a 4th part, "Histoire et archéologie des missions", followed by a bibliography. This part, announced as v. 3, and the 5th and last part of the atlas have apparently never been published. Cf. L. Hachette et cie Catalogue lit. gén., 2d pt., July 1869 and James Jackson's Liste provisoire de bibliog. géog. spéciales, also British museum catalogue, and Sabin. Bibl. amer.
Contents:
t. 1. 1. ptie. Géographie physique et politique. Appendice: Le Grand-Chaco. Notes et pièces justificatives -- t. 2. 2. ptie. Agriculture, industrie, commerce -- 3. ptie. Histoire générale du Paraguay.
Subject Terms:
Jesuits -- Missions -- Paraguay -- History. | Missions -- Paraguay. | Church decoration and ornament -- Paraguay. | Jesuit architecture -- Paraguay. | Church architecture -- Paraguay. | Catholic Church -- Missions -- Paraguay. | Christian antiquities -- Paraguay. | Paraguay -- History. | Demersay, Alfred, d. 1891 -- Autograph. | Lithography -- Specimens -- 1860-1864. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1860-1864.
Contributors:
Bonpland, Aimé, 1773-1858.