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Published by Concerto, 2017
Seller: PRISCA, Paris, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. In-8° broché, 172 pages.
Published by Minstrel, 2002
Seller: crealivres, La fontennelle, France
Envoi rapide Très Bon Etat hommage de l'auteur sur la page titre. in8. 2002. Broché. 96 pages. belles reproductions couleurs de l'oeuvre du peintre. Très bon état.
Published by Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; Printer: : John Murray, London, 1860
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Second Copy in inferior condition.TWO VOLUMES A Scarce book of early travel in the west. Domenech has not been granted much credence as an observer. Some plates are lifted from other sources, and the author has been criticized for his inaccuracy as an ethnologist. Still, this is an interesting narrative of travels, including much material on the Indians of the region. Wheat finds the map of interest for its marking of the Oregon Trail. "In the spring of 1846, before completing his seminary studies and when not yet twenty years of age, he left France in response to an urgent appeal for missionaries to help develop the Church in the wilds of Texas, then rapidly filling up with American and European immigration. He went first to St. Louis, where he spent two years completing his theological course, studying English and German, and gathering knowledge of missionary requirements. In May, 1848, he was assigned to duty at the new German settlement of Castroville in Texas, from which he was transferred later to Brownsville. The war with Mexico was just concluded; raiding bands of Mexicans and rangers were ravaging on both sides of the Rio Grande, while outlaws from the border States and almost equally lawless discharged soldiers filled the new towns, and hostile Indians hovered constantly in the background. A cholera epidemic added its horrors. Nevertheless, the young priest went bravely to work with such energy that he soon became an efficient power for good throughout all Southern Texas. In 1850 he visited Europe and was received by the Pope. Returning to Texas, he continued in the mission field two years longer, when he returned to France with health broken and was appointed titulary canon of Montpellier. When the French troops were dispatched to Mexico in 1861 he was selected to accompany the expedition as almoner to the army and chaplain to the Emperor Maximilian. After the return to France he devoted his remaining years to European travel, study, and writing, and the exercise of his ecclesiastical functions. In 1882-3 he again visited America" (Catholic Encyclopedia online). Original blind stamped maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Corners lightly bumped and light damage to the bottom of the spine of Volume I. Near Fine.