Pétis de la Croix, François, the Elder

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 8vo (192 x 120mm.), folding engraved map, contemporary panelled calf gilt, some browning, binding rebacked and rubbed

Cordier, Sinica, 2766

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This work, which contains a detailed description of the Mongol empire, is a translation by Pétis de la Croix, secretary-interpreter in oriental languages to Louis XIV, from the original Turkish history of Genghis Khan by Abul Khayr Tash Kuprizadeh; it was first published in Paris in 1710. The last forty pages contain an extensive bibliography of the works consulted by Pétis de la Croix.