Les voyages de Jean Struys, en Moscovie, en Tartarie, en Perse, aux Indes, & en plusieurs autres païs étrangers [...]; avec quantité de figures en taille douce dessinées par lui-même; & deux lettres qui traient à fond des malheurs d'Astracan [...]. Par Monsieur Glanius.

2 vol., 4to: [16 incl. engr. title]-360-[14], [6 incl. engr. title]-80 pp.; 19 pl. (marg. mould staining, one sl. marg. damp stain, strengthening to some lower margins, sm. hole in text p. 335 and another one in lower margin of p. 345, occ. spotting in 2nd vol. and marg. hole in p. 75).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised spine, brown spr. edges (sl. rubbing) and mod. quarter sheep, marbled paper covers, flat spine (spine faded).

First French translation by Glanus (1st in Dutch 1676) of the celebrated account of 3 journeys by Struys (c. 1629-1694) to Siam, Japan, Russia, Astracan, Persia, etc. Illustrated with an engr. title, 19 fold. plates depicting the views of the city of Judia & Astracan, island of Pathmos, etc. and a fold. map of the Caspian Sea. The 2nd part relating the sinking of the Dutch vessel Ter Schelling illustrated with an engr. title and 8 in-text ill. is bound separately. Title in red & black.
Ref. Chadenat 5136. - Cordier, Sinica, 2083-2084 & Japonica, 388-389. - Brunet V:569.