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Valle, Pietro della (1586-1652) Les Fameux Voyages.
Paris: Chez Gervais Clozier, 1663-1664.
First edition in French, four quarto volumes, illustrated with 2 engraved portraits; the set bound in full uniform sponge-decorated contemporary French calf with gilt-tooled spines; (bindings rubbed, endcaps chipped with loss; foxing to contents; some other stains, a bit of worming); 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (4)
Accounts of della Valle's Early Modern adventures through the Holy Land, North Africa, into other parts of the Middle East and India are relayed here through a series of letters to a friend at home, written along the journey.
