IDES (Evert Ysbrants). Three years travels from Moscow over- - Lot 100

IDES (Evert Ysbrants). Three years travels from Moscow over-land to China: thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking. Containing, an exact and particular description of the extent and limits of those countries, and the customs of the barbarous inhabitants To which is annex'd an accurate Description of China London, printed for W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, T. Newborough..., 1706. Two parts in one volume, in-4, [6] f., 210 p. continuous, fr., pl., slightly post-pasted havana calf, 5-ribbed spine, blond basane title-piece, boards decorated with 3 frames, 2 of which are delimited by a double fillet and one by a set of dotted lines, with 4 angular fleurons, all in cold, the cover partly speckled, gilt roulette on the edges, headbands restored (upper jaw partly split, corners worn; browning in the margins). First edition in English, based on the original published in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1704, and enriched with new illustrations. The work is illustrated with an engraved title, a large fold-out map and 30 plates. The first part contains Ides's voyage proper, illustrated with a large map of Russia based on Russian sources, a milestone in the representation of this territory, and 29 plates. The second part, A short description of the vast Empire of China, by Dionysius Kao, a Chinese physician, begins on page 113 with a special faux-title; it is illustrated with one plate. Provenance: Lionel Tolmach, 1740 (ms. on the flyleaf). (Cordier Sinica I, 2468; Lust 519; Morrison I, 372-73.)