Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon [...]. Le tout enrichi de figures dessinées sur les lieux, & tiré des Mémoires des ambassadeurs de la Compagnie.

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [4 incl. engr. titre]-227-[8], 146-[6] pp.; 26 pl. (numerous margins and occ. tears strengthened, some corners repaired, occ. soiling incl. ink staining on p. 72 of pt. I).

Mod. purple leather, blind and gilt-ruled covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands.

First French translation of "Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maetschappy in't Vereenigde Nederland, aen de kaisaren van Japan" (Amsterdam 1668) by the Dutch theologian and historian A. Montanus (1625-1683). This important work on Japan is based upon eyewitness accounts from the two missions dispatched there in 1649 and 1661 by the Dutch East India Company. Illustrated with an engr. title, 26 fold. or double-page engraved maps and views and 70 engr. illustrations in the text. Title in red & black with title-vignette.
Ref. STCN. - Cordier, Japonica, 385. - Landwehr, VOC, 525. - Cox I:325.