VOYAGES // Celebres & remarquables, // Faits de // PERSE // Aux // INDES ORIENTALES, // Par le Sr. // JEAN-ALBERT DE MANDELSLO, //… WIQUEFORT // … A AMSTERDAM, // Chez MICHEL CHARLES LE CE’NE, Libraire, // … MDCCXXVII. // Avec Privilege.

Amsterdam: Michel Charles le Ce’Ne, c. 1727. Binding: Contemporary blind paneled calf, spine gilt with six (6) compartments of densely gilt floral and ornamental motifs with five (5) raised bands; gilt title on red morocco label on two; marbled pasted and free endpapers; all edges red. , Notes: Text in two columns. Revised and expanded edition of Abraham de Wicquefort’s translation of “Morgenlandische Reise-Beschreibung”. A shorter account of Mandelslo’s travels appeared in Adam Olearius’s “Offt begehrte beschreibung” (1647). The present work, edited by Olearius from papers left by the author, gives a full description of his voyage. Mandelslo, along with Olearius, was a member of the embassy sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein to Muscovy and Persia. His travels also took him to India, Ceylon and Africa. This is the P. van Der Aa edition with a new title page.

, Size: Small folio (314x200mm)., Illustration: Two red and black ink titles, frontispiece portrait of author; printer’s device with small central portrait surrounded by floral foliage design, woodcut initials, head and tail pieces; 24 maps - of these one large folding, 10 double-page, 6 full-page and 7 smaller. Moreover, 38 plates - of these one large folding, 16 double-page plates, 7 full-page plates, and 14 smaller in-text illustrations. Plates and maps cover various views from the continent of Africa to the Far East. , Volume: Two Volumes in One. , References: Brunet IV, 178; Cordier, Japonica, 367-68; Cordier, Sinaca 2077; Lust 342, Transation: Text in French. , Pages: Vol I: half-title, blank (2), frontis, red and black title, blank, dedication(4), to the reader, preface (3), dedication, preface and eulogies re Olearius (16), introduction (2), 5-439; Vol.II: half-title, blank, black and red title, blank, 445-808, index (72), privilegie. , Category: Book Africa General; Book Asia Far East; Book Asia South East; Book Europe France; Book Voyages General;. A fine example with superb period binding, crisp impressions.

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Binding: Contemporary blind paneled calf, spine gilt with six (6) compartments of densely gilt floral and ornamental motifs with five (5) raised bands; gilt title on red morocco label on two; marbled pasted and free endpapers; all edges red. , Notes: Text in two columns. Revised and expanded edition of Abraham de Wicquefort’s translation of “Morgenlandische Reise-Beschreibung”. A shorter account of Mandelslo’s travels appeared in Adam Olearius’s “Offt begehrte beschreibung” (1647). The present work, edited by Olearius from papers left by the author, gives a full description of his voyage. Mandelslo, along with Olearius, was a member of the embassy sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein to Muscovy and Persia. His travels also took him to India, Ceylon and Africa. This is the P. van Der Aa edition with a new title page.

, Size: Small folio (314x200mm)., Illustration: Two red and black ink titles, frontispiece portrait of author; printer’s device with small central portrait surrounded by floral foliage design, woodcut initials, head and tail pieces; 24 maps - of these one large folding, 10 double-page, 6 full-page and 7 smaller. Moreover, 38 plates - of these one large folding, 16 double-page plates, 7 full-page plates, and 14 smaller in-text illustrations. Plates and maps cover various views from the continent of Africa to the Far East. , Volume: Two Volumes in One. , References: Brunet IV, 178; Cordier, Japonica, 367-68; Cordier, Sinaca 2077; Lust 342, Transation: Text in French. , Pages: Vol I: half-title, blank (2), frontis, red and black title, blank, dedication(4), to the reader, preface (3), dedication, preface and eulogies re Olearius (16), introduction (2), 5-439; Vol.II: half-title, blank, black and red title, blank, 445-808, index (72), privilegie. , Category: Book Africa General; Book Asia Far East; Book Asia South East; Book Europe France; Book Voyages General;.

Price: $11,000.00

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