HERBERT (Thomas). Relation du voyage de Perse et des Indes O - Lot 98

HERBERT (Thomas). Relation du voyage de Perse et des Indes Orientales. Translated from the English of Thomas Herbert. Avec les Révolutions arrivées au royaume de Siam l'an mil six cens quarante-sept, translated from the Flemish by Jérémie Vliet. Paris, Jean Du Puis, 1663. In- 4 of (6)-632-(24) p., mottled havana half calf circa 1800, smooth spine decorated with gilt supra libris in the center, red title page, spotted edges, headpieces restored (spine and boards rubbed, edges and corners worn; discreet marg. spotting on qq. ff.). First edition of the French translation by the Dutch diplomat Abraham de Wicquefort. Thomas Herbert (1606-1682) was part of the English embassy led by Sir Dodmore Cotton and sent by Charles I to Persia, to the court of Shah Abbas I. His journey took him to Madagascar, Goa, Surat, Isfahan, Baghdad and the Moluccas. The account of the author's diplomatic journey is followed by Jeremias van Vliet's historical account of the death of the King of Siam in 1647 (pp. 569-632). A sample of the Malacca language appears on pages 511-514. The most complete work on Persia in the 17th century, considered one of the best on the subject. (Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 459; Cordier, Indosinica, 875; Cordier, Sinica, 2082). Provenance: Bibliotheek Regiment Dragonders (mark on back).