D'AVITY, Pierre Description generale de l’Asie, premiere partie du monde. Avec tous ses empires, royaumes estats, et republiques. 1643Paris,L. Cottereau,[8]-872-[20] p. [bound after] IDEM - Le monde ou la description generale de ses quatre...
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parties, avec tous ses empires, royaumes, estats, et republiques (…) [2nd ed. rev.] F. Ranchin. Ibid., 1643, [28]-358-[22] pp. , 2 works in 1 vol., folio, cont. calf (rubbed, joints splitting), gilt spine on 6 raised bands (paper age-toned and spotted, tear in Asia title (+/- 8 cm), tear in c'fold (+/- 6 cm) & lower fold of map (+/- 15 cm), sm. tears on fold separations). Good copy
Initial volume(s), complete in themselves of the world history of P. d’Avity (1573-1635) edited by François Ranchin (1564-1641). They combine the general geographical introduction with the extensive volume on Asia, dealing with the Ottoman Empire (pp. 1-290), Persia (290-455), India & South East Asia (455-647), China (647-694), Japan (695-714), the Southern Islands (Maldives, Ceylon, Indonesia, Philippines (714-778), the Spanish possessions (779-835), and the Tartar Empire (836-872). Engr. on titles. Titles in red & black. Full-page engr. portrait of d’Avity facing p. 1. Large folding engr. map of Asia (dated 1640).
Initial volume(s), complete in themselves of the world history of P. d’Avity (1573-1635) edited by François Ranchin (1564-1641). They combine the general geographical introduction with the extensive volume on Asia, dealing with the Ottoman Empire (pp. 1-290), Persia (290-455), India & South East Asia (455-647), China (647-694), Japan (695-714), the Southern Islands (Maldives, Ceylon, Indonesia, Philippines (714-778), the Spanish possessions (779-835), and the Tartar Empire (836-872). Engr. on titles. Titles in red & black. Full-page engr. portrait of d’Avity facing p. 1. Large folding engr. map of Asia (dated 1640).
