MARINI, Giovanni Filippo de, S.J. Histoire nouvelle et curieuse des royaumes de Tunquin et de Lao contenant une description exacte de leur origine, grandeur & estenduë (...) [trsl. from the Italian François-Célestin Le Comte]. 1666 G. Clouzier,...
Estimation :
1000 / 1400
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
4to, cont. calf (corners bumped and rubbed, some sm. wormholes), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints and bands rubbed), [4]-327-[9]-329/436 pp. (some foxing, some wormtracks in blank margins of 2nd part).
Rare first ed. of the French trsl. (orig. Rome 1663) by the Jesuit J.P. Marini (1608-1682). Detailed description of the kingdoms of Tonkin and Laos focusing on the habits and customs of the inhabitants, their laws, the goverment, geography, fauna and flora, etc. Marini stayed for 14 years in Tonkin and became rector at the college of Macao. Armorial bookpl. Virtus in nobilibus placet.
Rare first ed. of the French trsl. (orig. Rome 1663) by the Jesuit J.P. Marini (1608-1682). Detailed description of the kingdoms of Tonkin and Laos focusing on the habits and customs of the inhabitants, their laws, the goverment, geography, fauna and flora, etc. Marini stayed for 14 years in Tonkin and became rector at the college of Macao. Armorial bookpl. Virtus in nobilibus placet.
