Description and travel, Description and travel, DS257 .D45 1658
Vol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a... Show moreVol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 3. La Persia, parte seconda. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 4. Parte terza cioe' l'India, co'l ritorno alla patria. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin, e Felice Cefaretti, nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi, MDCLXIII.. First Editions of volumes 2-3. Second edition of volume 1. 3 volumes in 4, 4to (225 x 165mm). contemporary vellum, spines lettered in ink, text browned and occasionally spotted Engraved portrait of the author in volume 1 Main Heritage Display General DS257 .D45 1658 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i24823260 BIB-ID: 2661917 Show less
herausgegeben durch Adam Olearium. Mit desselben unterschiedlichen ... First edition of this famous travel report, containing "many interesting... Show moreherausgegeben durch Adam Olearium. Mit desselben unterschiedlichen ... First edition of this famous travel report, containing "many interesting details of the eternally plentiful oriental world" (cf. Henze). While the engraved maps depicts Southeast Asia from Persia to Japan and Java, the remaining engravings mainly illustrate the customs of the Arab world, of Persia and India. "Mandelslo was a German traveller and adventurer (1616-44). Originally a page at the court of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, in 1635 Mandelslo was attached to the duke's embassy to Moscow and Persia, a mission intended to open trade negotiations. The Duke's librarian and mathematician, Adam Olearius accompanied the embassy as its secretary. The ambassadors themselves remained in Persia, but in 1638 Mandelslo, feeling the need for wider travel, obtained permission to travel on to India. Sailing from Hormuz, he landed at Surat in April 1638 then travelled through Gujarat to Agra, Lahore, Goa, Bijapur and Malabar. He sailed for England from Surat in January 1639, calling at Ceylon and Madagascar, but was to die of smallpox five years later. Before his death, Mandelslo had entrusted his rough notes to Olearius, who subsequently published them bound with his numerous official accounts of the embassy" (Howgego I, 677). - This present edition is significantly rarer than its later reworkings and translations; ABPC lists a single complete copy at auctions of the last decades (Sotheby's, Oct 11, 2005, lot 177, £3,400). - Bookplate of Thomas Christian Wöhler on front pastedown; library stamp on t. p.; bottom of hinge weakened. Binding slightly rubbed and bumped; still, a fine copy. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .M36 1658 Book Item-ID: i16873415 BIB-ID: 1510756 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS257 .V35 1658
Published within the first complete and reliable edition of della Valle's "Viaggi", the present volume constitutes the first part of the author's... Show morePublished within the first complete and reliable edition of della Valle's "Viaggi", the present volume constitutes the first part of the author's Persian travels (March 1617-May 1619), spent in Isfahan and at Ferhabad. Pietro della Valle (1586-1652) left Venice in 1614 on a pilgrimage to Palestine, proceeding to Baghdad and then into Persia, where he married and sojourned in the court of Shah Abbas. He continued his travels east to the coast of India, Goa and Muscat, and thence back to Aleppo by way of Basra. He reached Rome in 1626, where the original Italian text of his letters written to the Neapolitan physician Mario Schipano was published. Only the first volume, dealing with Turkey, saw print during his lifetime. The two-part volume II on Persia was released in 1658, four years after his death; in 1662 the Turkey volume saw a second edition, and the set was concluded in 1663 with the volume discussing India. A one-volume English translation of the Indian travels appeared in 1665. - Binding rubbed; inner hinges rather crudely reinforced. Somewhat brownstained throughout; a few pencil marginalia. From the collection of the Modena-born abbot Giacomo Crispi (1693-1774), a member of Muratori's circle, with his ms. ownership (dated 1737) to t. p. 33609(2). Vittorio Alfieri Firenze 1793. Demi-rel. parchemin. Main Heritage Shelves General DS257 .V35 1658 Book Item-ID: i1687559x BIB-ID: 1510981 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS257 .D45 1658
Vol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a... Show moreVol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 3. La Persia, parte seconda. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 4. Parte terza cioe' l'India, co'l ritorno alla patria. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin, e Felice Cefaretti, nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi, MDCLXIII.. First Editions of volumes 2-3. Second edition of volume 1. 3 volumes in 4, 4to (225 x 165mm). contemporary vellum, spines lettered in ink, text browned and occasionally spotted Engraved portrait of the author in volume 1 Main Heritage Shelves General DS257 .D45 1658 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i24823272 BIB-ID: 2661917 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS257 .D45 1658
Vol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a... Show moreVol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 3. La Persia, parte seconda. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 4. Parte terza cioe' l'India, co'l ritorno alla patria. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin, e Felice Cefaretti, nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi, MDCLXIII.. First Editions of volumes 2-3. Second edition of volume 1. 3 volumes in 4, 4to (225 x 165mm). contemporary vellum, spines lettered in ink, text browned and occasionally spotted Engraved portrait of the author in volume 1 Main Heritage Shelves General DS257 .D45 1658 Book vol. 4 Item-ID: i24823296 BIB-ID: 2661917 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS257 .D45 1658
Vol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a... Show moreVol. 1. Con la vita dell'autore, promettendosi in breue l'India non ancora data in luce, MDCLXII -- vol. 2. La Persia, parte prima. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 3. La Persia, parte seconda. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin ..., MDCLVIII [colophon: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi] -- vol. 4. Parte terza cioe' l'India, co'l ritorno alla patria. In Roma, a spese di Biagio Diuersin, e Felice Cefaretti, nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi, MDCLXIII.. First Editions of volumes 2-3. Second edition of volume 1. 3 volumes in 4, 4to (225 x 165mm). contemporary vellum, spines lettered in ink, text browned and occasionally spotted Engraved portrait of the author in volume 1 Main Heritage Shelves General DS257 .D45 1658 Book vol. 3 Item-ID: i24823284 BIB-ID: 2661917 Show less