Foy de la Neuville on Russia 1699
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RUSSIA. (FOY DE LA NEUVILLE). Relation curieuse et nouvelle de Moscovie. Contenant l´état present de cet empire. Les expeditions des Moscovites en Crimée, en 1689. Les causes des dernieres revolutions. Leurs moeurs, & leur religion. Le recit d´un voyage de Spafarus, per terre, à la Chine. La Haye (chez Meyndert Uytwerf) 1699.
High 12:o (about 148x83 mm.). (12), 1-120, 127-231(pp. 121-126 omitted at printing), (3, last leaf blank) pp. Title printed in red and black.
Sewn as issued, entirely uncut. New somewhat worn wrappers with manuscript label on upper wrapper.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1591.
Originally published at Paris in 1698, this is the second edition. Pp. 206-231 contain "Recueil des conversations de Spafarus, sur le voyage & commerce de la Chine".
Nicolai Spafarii (1636-1708), Moldavian in Russian diplomatic service, sent in 1675 on a third Russian diplomatic mission to China.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6196
Datum:
2017-11-21