MANDELSLO, Johann Albrecht von (1616-1644). Voyages Celebres & remarquables, Faits de Perse Aux Indes Orientales. Translated from German by A. de Wicquefort. Amsterdam: Michal Cahrles Le Cene, 1727. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (366 x 230mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black. Engraved additional title, one headpiece, 17 views and plates (16 double-page, 1 folding), 20 maps and plans (13 double-page, 1 folding) and 19 illustrations. (Slight damage to outer margins of leaves (B3)-(P4), some old browning and dampstaining.) Old speckled calf (rebacked and cornered, old spine laid down, later endpapers), later cloth slipcase. Mandelslo accompanied the ambassador from the court of the duke of Holstein on his mission to the courts of Russia and Persia. He returned to Germany via India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and the cape of Good Hope in 1640. His account of his travels was first edited and published by Adam Olearius in Schleswig in 1645. A Dutch translation appeared in 1658, and the first French translation in 1659. The accounts of the East Indies, Japan and China are taken from various other sources.
MANDELSLO, Johann Albrecht von (1616-1644). Voyages Celebres & remarquables, Faits de Perse Aux Indes Orientales. Translated from German by A. de Wicquefort. Amsterdam: Michal Cahrles Le Cene, 1727. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (366 x 230mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black. Engraved additional title, one headpiece, 17 views and plates (16 double-page, 1 folding), 20 maps and plans (13 double-page, 1 folding) and 19 illustrations. (Slight damage to outer margins of leaves (B3)-(P4), some old browning and dampstaining.) Old speckled calf (rebacked and cornered, old spine laid down, later endpapers), later cloth slipcase. Mandelslo accompanied the ambassador from the court of the duke of Holstein on his mission to the courts of Russia and Persia. He returned to Germany via India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and the cape of Good Hope in 1640. His account of his travels was first edited and published by Adam Olearius in Schleswig in 1645. A Dutch translation appeared in 1658, and the first French translation in 1659. The accounts of the East Indies, Japan and China are taken from various other sources.
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