Ancient (9th c.) accounts of India and China
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ARABIAN TRAVELLERS IN CHINA AND INDIA. RENAUDOT, EUSEBIUS. Ancient Accounts of India and China by two Mohammedan Travellers. Who went to those Parts in the 9th Century, translated from the Arabic, by the learned Eusebius Renaudot... London (printed for Sam. Harding) 1733.
8:o (c. 200x120 mm.). (4), v-xxxvii, (1), (1)-99, (1 blank), 1-260, (12) pp. Title printed in red and black with woodcut printer´s device.
Contemporary brown calf, somewhat worn, gilt borders, rebacked, spine im six compartments, redspeckled edges. Some foxing.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1614.
First English edition of "Anciennes relations des Indes et de la Chine", published in Paris 1718.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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6190
Datum:
2017-11-21