Pinto´s Oriental travels 1664
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Beskrivning
PINTO, FERNÃO MENDES. Historia oriental de las peregrinaciones... a donde se escriven muchas, y muy estrañas cosas que vio y oyo en los reynos de la China, Tartaria, Sorano, que vulgaramente se Ilama Siam, Calamiñam, Peguu, Martauan, y otros muchos de aquellas partes orientales... Madrid (Melchor Sanchez) 1664.
Folio (about 279x194 mm.). (24), 1-452, (8) pp.
Contemporary brown calf, worn, some mending, somewhat faded gilt spine in five compartments, new inner doublures and endpapers. Partly dampstained throughout. Halftitle, title and some other leaves with marginal repairs. A few leaves with tears. Some leaves near cut in the margins with loss of some marginalia.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1568.
A reprint of Francisco de Herrera Maldonado´s Spanish translation, originally published in 1620.
In the seventeenth century alone the work ran into a total of nineteen editions in six languages.
No work about Asia had a greater impact on 17th century European literature than Pinto´s account of his adventures in the East.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6189
Datum:
2017-11-21