Ogilby, John (1600-1676).

Estimate

1,800 - 2,200 GBP

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Description

Asia, the first part, being an accurate description of Persia; and the several provinces thereof. The vast empire of the Great Mogol, and other parts of India: and their several kingdoms and regions. London: Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friars, 1673

volume 1 (all published), folio (417 x 266mm.), [11], [1 (blank)], 253, [1 (blank)], [15 (table)], [1 (blank)], [2 (directions to the binder on recto, verso blank)] pp., title printed in red and black, illustration: engraved allegorical additional title, large folding map of Asia, 4 double-page maps, 28 plates (12 double-page) and 30 half-page illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, binding: contemporary panelled calf gilt, spine in seven compartments with raised bands gilt, lettered in the second compartment, marbled edges, some light browning or spotting to text and plates, H1 with short tear slightly affecting text (without loss), Ii with small hole with loss of a few letters

Literature

Wing O166; Ghani p.285; Wilson p.161

Catalogue Note

first (and only) edition. Although not specified on the title, Ogilby's work is in part a translation of Olfert Dapper's Asia (1672), and covers all of Asia, excluding China and Japan. It contains in particular accounts of the Persian empire, a discourse on oriental languages and the practice of suttee. Japan was described in a separate work in 1670 (see lot 3219) and China in 1671 (see lot 3126; cf. lot 3227).