May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603

Sale 2603 - Lot 158

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
[Travel] Pinto, Fernão Mendes (1509-1583)
Les Voyages Advantureux de Fernand Mendez Pinto. Fidellement Traduits de Portugais en François.

Paris: Chez Arnould Cotinet & Jean Roger, 1645.

Second French edition, translated from the Portuguese by Bernard Figuier, quarto, some browning to contents, a few wormtrails repaired in lower margins of several leaves; bound in full contemporary speckled French sheepskin tooled with large gilt arms on front board, title tooled to spine, slightly rubbed but unsophisticated and nicely preserved, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.