Groeben, Otto Friedrich von der (1657-1728) Orientalische Reise-Beschreibung des Brandenburgischen Edelichen Pilgers.
Marienwerder [Danzig]: Simon Reinigern, 1694.
First edition, quarto, part one only of two; lacking the 134-page portion covering the voyage to West Africa; text ends at page 399; illustrated with mezzotint portrait of the author and engraved folding frontispiece; text profusely illustrated with 32 full-page plates; German language text printed in black letter; bound in modern limp parchment with green fabric ties (contents toned); 8 x 6 3/8 in.
Von der Groeben was a Prussian noble who traveled in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia during his lifetime. A real old-school imperialist, he established Prussian colonies on the Gold Coast of West Africa in the late-17th century.
