Annales de la propagation de la foi, recueil périodique des lettres des évêques et des missionnaires, des missions des deux mondes, et de tous les documents relatifs aux missions et à l'association de la propagation de la foi [...].

50 vol., 8vo (normal spotting and toning).

Partly uniform contemp. (quarter) sheep (vol. 1 & 5-30 uniform, as is vol. 31-49), gilt-orn. flat spines, marbled edges (spines sl. rubbed (few more heavily damaged), corners sl. bumped).

Uninterrupted series issued between 1825 and 1877 of this important periodical for the studies of Catholic missions, founded by P. Jaricot in 1822 under the title "Nouvelles reçues des missions" and later published under its better known title "Annales [...]". With a 2nd vol. of the 25th vol. (1853), bound with a general index of all the issues between 1822-1853.
Prov. Various stamps, mostly from Jesuits colleges.