CHAUMONT (Alexandre de). Relation de l'ambassade de Mr le Ch - Lot 32

CHAUMONT (Alexandre de). Relation de l'ambassade de Mr le Chevalier de Chaumont à la Cour du Roy de Siam. Avec ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable durant son voyage. Paris, Arnoult Seneuse ; Daniel Horthemels, 1686. In-12, 231-(1)-29-(3) p., contemporary brown basane, spine ribbed, edges rubbed, restorations (spine rubbed, browning). First edition, containing interesting details not found in later editions. Illustrated with 9 plates, including 2 fold-outs, engraved by Vermeulen after Sevin. Account by Alexandre de Chaumaont, ambassador extraordinary to the King of Siam on behalf of Louis XIV, The 2 large fold-out plates show the 3 imperial balloons (boats). (Boucher de la Richarderie, V, 99; Chadenat, 2826; Cordier, 935.) Stamp of the Banque Industrielle de Chine on the title page, on v° of the plates and in the margin of the last f.