[Asia] (Tachard, G.). Voyage de Siam, des Peres Jesuites, Envoyez par le Roy qux Indes & à la Chine

Avec leurs observations astronomiques, et leurs remarques de physique, de géographie, d'hydrographie, & d'histoire. Paris, A. Seneuze & D. Horthemels, 1686, (16),424,(8) p., w. the following engravings: title-vignette, 3 maps (2x fold.), 1 double-p. plan of Batavia, 6 plates depicting animals (4x double-p.) and 7 headpiece ills., cont. calf w. gilt and ribbed spine, 4to. Lacks 10 plates. W. former (some crossed-out) owner's entries in pen on title-p., occas. (water)st. Leather over foot of spine and outer corners dam. First edition of the first travel account by the French missionary Tachard (1651-1712), who was first sent to the Caribbean and then twice to the Kingdom of Siam to establish diplomatic relations. -and a poor, incomplete copy of the Second Voyage du Pere Tachard (Paris, D. Horthemels, 1689). The lot sold w.a.f.

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