- 3188
La Loubère, Simon de (1642-1729).
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- A new historical relation of the kingdom of Siam. London: F[rancis] L[each] for Tho[mas] Horne, Francis Saunders and Tho[mas] Bennet, 1693
folio (319 x 184mm.), [4], 144, [4, including separate title-page], 145-260pp., title-page printed in red and black, illustration: 11 engraved maps and illustrations, woodcut "magical squares" between pages 228 and 246, binding: contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, rust hole to K1 affecting a letter, a few leaves torn with loss (not affecting text), some leaves creased, tiny hole to plate facing page 25, right-hand margin of Mmm1 roughly cut, slight staining, spotting
Literature
Mendelssohn (1979) III, 43; Wing L201
Catalogue Note
La Loubère was French ambassador to Siam from 1687 to 1688.