Frick and Schweitzer | A relation of two several voyages made into the East-Indies, 1700

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

FRICK, CHRISTOPH AND CHRISTOPH SCHWEITZER

A relation of two several voyages made into the East- Indies… Done out of the Dutch by S.L. London: D. Brown, S. Crouch and others, 1700

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 8vo (193 x 115mm.), title within double-ruled border, publisher’s advertisement leaf at end, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt

Scarce. Includes detailed descriptions of the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Java, Ceylon, Formosa and Japan.

LITERATURE:

Wing F2211

PROVENANCE:

Robert Kirktowne, ownership inscription dated 1699; George Baillie (1664–1738), engraved armorial bookplate; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington