Live auction - Lot 662
3 illustrated works.
17th-18th c
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
1. Brand, Adam - Relation du voyage de Mr Evert Isbrand, envoyé de Sa Majesté czarienne à l'empereur de la Chine, en 1692, 93, & 94. Avec une lettre de Monsieur ***, sur l'état présent de la Moscovie. Amsterdam, J.-L. De Lorme, 1699. 8vo. Contemp. mottled calf. First French transl. of this work by Brand, secretary of E. Isbrand, Danish traveller and diplomat. The works of Brand and Isbrand, are the only ones relating to the trade embassy sent by Peter the Great to Bejing. Illustrated with 1 plate (fold. map missing). - 2. [Prévost, Antoine-François - Histoire générale des voyages, ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et terre [...]. Paris, Didot, 1746]. 4to (portrait and 2 first ff. missing; marg. soiling, occ. tears without lacks, light marg. damp stain). Contemp. calf (rebacked, covers partly repaired, traces of use). Illustrated with 12 (of 16) plates: 11 maps, mostly fold., and 1 plate. Vol. on travel to the South-East and East Indies. Prov. Omer Burton, Leuven (stamp). - 3. Robbe, Jacques - Méthode pour apprendre facilement la géographie [...]. Nouvelle édition, revûe, corrigée & augmentée d'un nouveau Traité de la sphère [...]. Paris, M.-E. David, Didot & Nyon fils, 1746. 1 (of 2) vol., 12mo. Contemp. sheep (def.). Illustrated with 14 fold. plates (world map, Europe, France, Italy, Spain...), 1 full-p. ill. and some in-text. Prov. Contemp. mss entries, one crossed out.