Olearius´ Voyage en Moscovcie, Tartarie, et Perse
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8000 SEK
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8 000-10 000 SEK
Beskrivning
RUSSIA - JAPAN - CHINA. (2). OLEARIUS, ADAM - MANDELSLO, JEAN ALBERT DE. Relation du voyage en Moscovie, Tartarie, et Perse, augmentee en cette nouvelle edition... Le voyage de Jean Albert de Mandelslo aux Indes Orientales. Traduit de l´Allemand par A. de Wicquefort... I-II. Paris (chez Jean du Puis) 1666.
Small 4:o (about233x173 mm.). (54), 1-686 (i.e. 676), (46), 1-648 (i.e. 644) pp. 2 titles with woodcut printer´s device, 6 folding engraved maps (all, some tears in the foldings), 1 engraving in text (vol. I p. 238
Contemporary brown mottled calf, worn, gilt edges of covers, slightly faded richly gilt spines in six compartments, damages at head and foot, marbled edges. Vol. I pp. 219-220 torn in lower outer corner with loss of text. Minor foxing, some minor marginal dampstaining. Bookplate "Bibliothèque du Chateau du Tremblay 1856" and Gösta Nobel. 2 volumes.
Compare Löwendahl, China illustrata nova 122.
First french edition published in 1656, followed by a second in 1659.
Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.
Auktionsnummer:
6144
Datum:
2017-06-20