MANDELSLO (Jean-Albert). Voyages célèbres & remarquables - Lot 85

MANDELSLO (Jean-Albert). Voyages célèbres & remarquables faits de Perse aux Indes Orientales par le Sr. Jean-Albert de Mandelslo traduits de l'original par Sr. A. de Wicquefort. A Leide, chès P. Vander Aa, 1719. 2 volumes in 1 in-folio volume, [19] f. (including engraved title, 808 col. continuous, [36] f. (table), old fawn basane, smooth spine, title and tomaison, restored tail cap (binding rubbed & worn, 3 corners worn; tear at fold of one fold-out, marg. tear without missing on another; ink stain p. 135). First French edition, translated by A. de Wicquefort. The text is by the German mathematician and traveler Adam Olearius (1599-1671). The work is illustrated hors-texte with an engraved title, a portrait of the author, 20 maps and plans, including 14 doubles, 17 double views, seven plates and some twenty mid-page figures and maps in the text, all engraved on copper.