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MANDELSLO, JOHANN ALBRECHT VON; et al. Voyages Célèbres & Remarquables faits de Perse aux Indes Orientales . . . contenant une Description Nouvelle & très-curieuse de l'Indostan, de l'Empire du Grand-Mogol, des Îles & Presqu'îles de l'Orient, des Royaumes de Siam, du Japon, de la Chine, du Congo, &c. . . . Nouvelle Édition.<> 20 double- and 7 single-page engraved plates, including large folding view of Yedo; 10 double- and 6 single-page maps; 19 engraved illustrations and maps in text. [16] leaves, 808 columns, [36] leaves, including engraved additional title and portrait. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, mid-19th-century French sheep with blind-stamped scrollwork frame on covers, rebacked retaining faded original backstrip, front joint starting; divisional title toned, some text leaves browned, engraved matter generally clean, previous owner's 2-page TLS about the book affixed to rear pastedown; bookplate. Amsterdam: Charles Le Cène, 1727
Later edition of a French translation first published a year after the 1658 German original version. After accompanying a delegation from the Duke of Holstein to Persia in 1633, Mandelslo continued on his own to India, returning to Europe via Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope. The first part of this edition contains Mandelslo's account of his experiences, while the second consists of writings on Asia and Africa from other sources.<
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