Description
GROSIER. General description of China. New edition. Paris, Moutard, 1787. 2 vol. in-8, fawn basane, rubbed, gilt coat of arms in the center of the boards (with spine and claws), smooth spine decorated, red parts (Rel. of the period). Second edition of this relation which composes one of the volumes of the General History of China. It is illustrated with a large folding map and 15 folding plates. Missing spine ends, snags, rubbing. Attached: - LA ROQUE (Jean de) Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse avec la relation particuliere d'un voyage du port de Moka à la cour du Roi d'Yemen ... un memoire concernant l'Arbre & le fruit du café. Amsterdam, Steenhouwer and Uytwerf, 1716. In-12, calf of the ep. very worn, important freckles. New edition, published one year after the original (Paris, 1715). Frontispiece, folding map, and 3 folding plates on coffee. - Relation de l'ambassade de Mr le Chevalier de Chaumont à la cour du Roi de Siam. Third edition. Paris, Arnould Seneuze, 1687. In-12, half calf of the time worn. 8 plates out of text. Some foxing. Set sold as is.
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GROSIER. General description of China. New edition. Paris, Moutard, 1787. 2 vol. in-8, fawn basane, rubbed, gilt coat of arms in the center of the boards (with spine and claws), smooth spine decorated, red parts (Rel. of the period). Second edition of this relation which composes one of the volumes of the General History of China. It is illustrated with a large folding map and 15 folding plates. Missing spine ends, snags, rubbing. Attached: - LA ROQUE (Jean de) Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse avec la relation particuliere d'un voyage du port de Moka à la cour du Roi d'Yemen ... un memoire concernant l'Arbre & le fruit du café. Amsterdam, Steenhouwer and Uytwerf, 1716. In-12, calf of the ep. very worn, important freckles. New edition, published one year after the original (Paris, 1715). Frontispiece, folding map, and 3 folding plates on coffee. - Relation de l'ambassade de Mr le Chevalier de Chaumont à la cour du Roi de Siam. Third edition. Paris, Arnould Seneuze, 1687. In-12, half calf of the time worn. 8 plates out of text. Some foxing. Set sold as is.
