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[Travels - Asia - Russia] - OLEARIUS, Adam -

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[Travels - Asia - Russia] - OLEARIUS, Adam -
[Travels - Asia - Russia] - OLEARIUS, Adam - Relation du voyage en Moscovie, Tartarie, et Perse [and] Suite de la relation du voyage en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse. Avec celuy de I.A. de Mandelslo aux Indes Orientales [transl. from the German and augm. Abraham De Wicquefort]. Paris, Jean Du Puis, 1666, 2 vol., 4to, contemp. sheep (rubbed, restored), elaborately gilt spine on 4 raised bands (small defect at top), [56]-686, [46]-648 pp. (some foxing and dampstains, general title soiled, single wormholes throughout, marginal wormtrack in margins at end of both parts, touching a few letters). Good set. € 350/500 Interesting travel narrative by Adam Olearius (1599-1671), with an additional text by J.A. von Mandelslo (1616-1644), transl. by the diplomat Abr. de Wicquefort (1606-1682). Woodcut mark on titlepage. Ill. with 5 folding engr. maps of Russia, Near East, Far East (some tears repaired) and 2 engr. alphabets in text. Ref. Goldsmith (BL London) O-51. BN Paris (2). NUC (2). Not in Matagne (Namur).
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