Lettres édifiantes et curieuses de Chine : 1702-1776 / par des missionnaires jésuites ; chronologie, introd., notices et notes par Isabelle et Jean-Louis Vissière.
Bibliography: p. [43]-46.

Der Neue Welt-Bott was a Jesuit missionary periodical written in German and based on the Lettres édifiantes et curieuses. Beginning with translations of French letters, it later became the first serialized publication of German language Jesuit reports from missions worldwide, although today it is best known for its China-related content. Published between 1726-1758 (1761 if missing numbers are included) in 4,500 pages including images, maps, cultural commentary.

For a full description with detailed index of contents, authors, and correspondence, see: Claudia von Collani, "Der Neue Welt-Bott: a preliminary survey" in Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XXV (2003) pp. 16-43.

For links to individual numbers see the aggregate page on Bibliotheca Sinica 2.0.

Digital editions also available at HathiTrust and at Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf.

The first volume (8 parts) of the German Jesuit relations, 1642-1726, chiefly from Asia & America, based in part on the French Lettres Edifiantes, in part on the original manuscript reports of the German & other Missionaries; one of the important pieces of German Americana, including, e.g., a map of California & New Mexico; large old bookplate of Joh. Ernst Graf von Kueffstein, engraved by Nicolai, Vienna.--OCLC record.

The first Italian indipetae : Jesuit petitions for the Indies (1557-80) / Emanuele Colombo, Irene Gaddo, and Guido Mongini, eds.

"The litterae indipetae (from Latin, petere Indias) are the petitions of Jesuits who yearned to be assigned to foreign missions. While scholars have delved deeply into the nearly sixteen thousand indipetae written between 1581 (at the outset of Claudio Acquaviva's generalate) and 1773 (the date of the Society's suppression), scant attention has been given to the "first" indipetae. These early petitions, composed during the generalates of Diego Laínez (1558-65), Francisco de Borja (1565-72), and Everard Mercurian (1573-80), stand as innovative exemplars of a genre that would burgeon during the seventeenth century and last until the mid-twentieth century. This volume tells the story of ninety-one indipetae. These are displayed alongside their English translations to allow readers to relive the fervor and dreams of early Jesuits."---Publisher's website.