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RUSSIA. OLEARIUS, ADAM. Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the Kings of Persia. Begun in the Year M.DC. XXXIII. and finish´d in M.D.CXXXIX. Containing a compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia. And other adjacent Countries... In VII. Books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo... from Persia, into the East-Indies. Containing a particular Description of Indosthan, the Mogul´s Empire, the Oriental ilands, Japan, China, &c... in III books... The second edition corrected. London (printed for John Starkey, and Thomas Basset) 1669.

Folio (about 308x193 mm.). (20), 1-316, (6), 1-232, (10, last blank) pp. Engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits, 6 folding engraved maps (all, some repaired tears without loss).
Contemporary vellum, slightly worn, mended in the hinges, new endpapers. Minor foxing.

Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1571.
Originally published in 1662, this is the second English edition, translated by John Davies.
The second part, with separate title, contains Mandelslo´s description of ´Formosa´ on pp. 165-172 and ´China´ on pp. 173-195.

From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).

Auktionsnummer:

6199

Datum:

2017-11-21