Reis na Siam.

Amsterdam, A.D. Oossaan, 1687

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2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [16 incl. engr. title]-294-[14], 83-[5] pp.

Contemp. vellum, flat spine.

First Dutch edition (1st French 1686-1689) of the first voyage to Siam by the French Jesuit missionary Tachard (1651-1712) accompanied with Jean de Fontaney, Joachim Bouvet, Jean-François Gerbillon, Louis Le Comte and Claude de Visdelou. Ill. with an engr. title and 26 engr. plates by J. Luyken showing the reception of the Siamese ambassadors by Louis XIV, maps (i.a. of Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope), indigeneous people, fauna and flora, etc. Printed in roman, italic and Gothic.
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Bound with: Spon, J. - Voyagie door Italien, Dalmatien, Grieckenland, en de Levant [...]. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1689. Engr. title-[6]-320-[7] pp. Ill. with an engr. title and 6 engr. pl. 2nd Dutch translation (1st French 1678) of this travelogue by the French doctor and archaeologist Spon (1647-1685), a pioneer in the exploration of the monuments of Greece. Printed in roman, italic and Gothic. Ref. STCN.