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Les memoires du voyage de monsieur le marquis de Ville au Levant: ou L'histoire curieuse du siege de Candie, comprenant en trois parties tout ce qui s'est passé, tant avant l'arrivée & sous le commandement de ce general, que sous celuy de mr. le marquis de S. André Montbrun, jusques à la prise de la place. Le tout tiré des memoires de J.B. Rostagne, secretaire d'estat & des finance de S.A.R. & tesmoin oculaire de ce qu'il dit: & de plusieurs autres tres fideles & tres curieuses

Siege, 1667-1669, History, DR543.3 .A47 1671

Par François Savinien d'Alquié.
Added t.p., engraved.
Part 2 has special t.p.: Les memoires du voyage de monsieur le marquis de Ville en Dalmatie &...
Show morePar François Savinien d'Alquié.
Added t.p., engraved.
Part 2 has special t.p.: Les memoires du voyage de monsieur le marquis de Ville en Dalmatie & au Levant ... À Amsterdam, Chez Henry & Theodore Boom, 1670.
Several errors in paging.
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DR543.3 .A47 1671
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Item-ID: i2368446x
BIB-ID: 2501815
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Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales: On y a ajoûté la conte qu'a suivie Mr. Isbrants, ambassadeur de Moscovie, en traversant la Russie & la Tartarie, pour se rendre à la Chine. Et quelques remarques contre Mrs. Chardin & Kempfer

Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .B43 1718, 910.4

First French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan -...
Show moreFirst French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan - Isfahan - Persepolis - Lar - Persian Gulf) to East India during 1701-1708. Of these well-travelled paths he was able to contribute many new observations, many of them scientific, and his travel description, hailed by Gabriel as one of the best of its time, well deserves critical analysis and acclaim. The especial value of the work lies in its numerous engavings of cities, places, ruins, animals, and plants. Le Brun considered the preparation of accurate drawings as a necessary duty of the traveller. Of the ruins of Persepolis he brought home the best illustrations available at the time, as well as the first legible cuneiform inscriptions" (cf. Henze). - T.p. and flyleaf with cut-out defects (restored); unattractively deleted stamp on reverse of first plate (slight paper defect; restored); further clipped defects to first leaf of text and last index leaf as well as the instructions to the bookbinder (slight loss to text; restored). Large tear to p. 367f. Upper spine-end professionally restored. The fine plates are in good, clear impressions throughout.
Title in red and black.
Title vignette.
On p. 347 of v. 2 is a picture of a kangaroo, believed to be the first sketched from real life. Le Brun saw it in the garden of the Governor of Java.
Main Heritage Shelves General
DS7 .B43 1718
Book
Item-ID: i16862673
BIB-ID: 1509760
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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