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LA LOUBERE (SIMON DE) Du Royaume de Siam, 2 vol., Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1691
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LA LOUBERE (SIMON DE) Du Royaume de Siam, 2 vol., second edition, woodcut device on titles, one engraved vignette, 40 engraved plates and maps (some folding), light toning to the fore-edges of titles, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in calf with red and green morocco spine labels [Cordier Bibliotheca Indosinica 722; cf. Mendelssohn I, p.865], 8vo, Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1691 Footnotes: La Loubere travelled to Siam [Thailand] as envoy extraordinaire of Louis XIV, alongside the Jesuit Guy Tachard, in 1687 to 1688. Includes a short account of the Cape of Good Hope, with 3 plates related to the region. Provenance: Martha Pitt, early ownership inscription on front free endpaper of volume 1; ?A.T. Murison, ink inscription on title-pages. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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LA LOUBERE (SIMON DE) Du Royaume de Siam, 2 vol., second edition, woodcut device on titles, one engraved vignette, 40 engraved plates and maps (some folding), light toning to the fore-edges of titles, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in calf with red and green morocco spine labels [Cordier Bibliotheca Indosinica 722; cf. Mendelssohn I, p.865], 8vo, Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1691 Footnotes: La Loubere travelled to Siam [Thailand] as envoy extraordinaire of Louis XIV, alongside the Jesuit Guy Tachard, in 1687 to 1688. Includes a short account of the Cape of Good Hope, with 3 plates related to the region. Provenance: Martha Pitt, early ownership inscription on front free endpaper of volume 1; ?A.T. Murison, ink inscription on title-pages. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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