[CHOISY (François-Thimoléon de)]. Journal ou suite du Voyage - Lot 37

[CHOISY (François-Thimoléon de)]. Journal ou suite du Voyage de Siam en forme des lettres familières. Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1687. In-12, (4)-377-(3) p., contemporary speckled brown calf, ornate ribbed spine, havana title-piece, red edges (worm's work on one bit, one cap uncovered, 3 corners worn, one leaf missing before the title). Published at the same time as the original edition in Paris by Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy. In 1685, Louis XIV sent an important embassy to the court of Siam, including Abbé François-Timoléon de Choisy. He kept a travel diary in which he meticulously recorded the ups and downs of the voyage, and described in detail the customs and habits of the Siamese people and the royal court. At the end of the book is a list of gifts from the King of Siam to the King of France. (Cordier, Indosinica, 941). Provenance: Pecquot de Saint-Maurice (1687-1759), lawyer (engraved armorial bookplate).