Description de la Livonie, avec une relation de l’origine, du progrès, & de la décadence de l’Ordre Teutonique [...] les duchez de Courlande & de Semigalle, & la province de Pilten [...] le voyage de l’auteur de Livonie en Hollande l’an 1698 [...].

12mo: [18]-394-[2 bl.] pp. (some marginal dampstaining, a single stain).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, red edges, marbled endpapers, green silk marker (sl. rubbed, top lower corner def.).

The rarest of 2 editions of the French translation of an account of Livonia (1701), describing the actual situation in Estonia and Latvia, as well as the history of the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order. Engr. front. portrait of Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692-1711). Folding engr. map of Livonia. Title in red and black.
Ref. STCN 237761815.
Prov. Old acquisition note (front flyleaf).