Description:
Amsterdam: Michel Charles le Céne, 1727. 2 volumes in 1, small folio. (12 1/8 x 7 5/8 inches). Titles printed in red and black. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 44 engraved maps, plans and views (31 folding), 19 in-text engraved illustrations. Contemporary calf, spine with raised bands in seven compartments, red and green morocco lettering pieces in the second and third, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. A lovely copy of a noted illustrated work on Asia, including maps and views of India, China, and Japan. "Johann von Mandelslo was a friend of Adam Olearius and a former page of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Together Mandelslo and Olearius were sent by the Duke on an embassy to the Russian Czar and to the Shah of Persia [for the purpose of initiating trade relations with Russia, Tartary and Persia]. Mandelslo was authorized to leave the embassy in Persia and to continue his travels to the Far East. He went to Surat, Agra, and Goa in India, where he received…
Read More Relation du voyage d'Adam Olearius en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse. Two volumes. Paris, Iean Du Puis, 1659. by Olearius, Adam and Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht De - Jan 01, 1659
by Olearius, Adam and Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht De
Relation du voyage d'Adam Olearius en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse. Two volumes. Paris, Iean Du Puis, 1659.
by Olearius, Adam and Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht De
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
Jan 01, 1659. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. (xxiv), (30), 656, 667-686; (xliv), 135, 138-266, 269-648. With 6 engraved folding maps (one map with tears without loss), but actually 7 maps because two maps are joined together. Contemporary full calf, spines with five raised bands, richly decorated in compartments, slightly rubbed, head of spine (volume one) chipped. First French edition translated from the German.Important and famous travel accounts by two members of an embassy sent out by Duke Frederick III of Schleswig-Holstein in 1633-39, the first German trading mission to Persia. Adam Oelschläger (Olearius), renowned mathematician and orientalist gives a comprehensive account of Russia and Persia. In 1638 Mandelso travelled further east into India and in 1639 he sailed for England calling at Ceylon and Madagascar. His account contains descriptions of Madagascar, Ceylon, India, East Indies, Japan and China. Mandelslo's account is published posthumously by Olearius. The maps are: La Livonie ou Liflande; Moscovie; Le Cours de La Riviere de Wolga & Mariis Caspii ostium ad Wolgam (pasted together); Mare Caspium siue Hyracanum Persis Kulsum; Maris Caspii alluens Hyrcaniam siue Kilan; and Les Indes Orientales. An attractive set.
-
Bookseller
ANIS PRESS
(US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Date Published Jan 01, 1659
- Keywords voyage, russia, persia, near east, perse, iran, moscow, india
- Product_type 3
More Photos
Voyages Celebres & remarquables, Faits de Perse Aux Indes Orientales ... Conentant une description nouvelle & très-curieuse de l'Indostan, de l'Empire du Grand-Mogol, des Iles & Presqu'Îles de l'Orient, des Royaumes de Siam, du Japon, de la Chine, du Congo, &c. ... Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée exactement, augmentée considerablement ..
by MANDELSLO, Johann Albrecht von (1616-1644); and Adam OLEARIUS (1603-1671) - Abraham de WICQUEFORT (1606-1682), translator
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
$6,800.00
Show Details
Item Price
$6,800.00