Recueil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers & curieux. [...] Avec La relation de l'intérieur du Serrail du Grand Seigneur.

Suivant la copie, imprimée àParis [Hollande, Elzevier], 1679

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Lot description

12mo: [8]-564-[3] pp., 5 (of 10) pl. (sl. browning, minor soiling).

Mod. cardboard (corners rubbed).

Third and last volume alone completing the Elzevirian ed. of the "Six Voyages" of the French traveler and pioneer Tavernier (1605-1689). Ill. with 5 (of 8) fold. pl. figuring a traditional theatrical performance, costumes of royal officials and a royal funeral procession (composed of elephants, horses, boats etc.) (the 2 maps of Japan and Tonkin are missing). Complete copies are rare.
Ref. Willems IV:1937. - Rahir 2650. - Berghman 1487.