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LE BLANC, Vincent. De vermaarde Reizen ... in de vier delen des Werrelts, Amsterdam: Jan Hendriksz & Jan Rieuwertsz, 1654.
4° (193 x 150mm.), engraved additional title, 7 engraved plates, 2 historiated initials (outer margin of one plate shaved, leaves from 2G2 up to the end punctured without loss of text, some light waterstaining), modern old-style calf.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION of this Dutch translation of Les Voyages fameux du sieur Vincent le Blanc, first published in Paris in 1649. Le Blanc may be fictional but the descriptions of some countries, Brazil in particular, are quite accurate. Borba de Moraes I, p. 460: "This Dutch edition seems to be much scarcer than the others"; Sabin 39592.
4° (193 x 150mm.), engraved additional title, 7 engraved plates, 2 historiated initials (outer margin of one plate shaved, leaves from 2G2 up to the end punctured without loss of text, some light waterstaining), modern old-style calf.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION of this Dutch translation of Les Voyages fameux du sieur Vincent le Blanc, first published in Paris in 1649. Le Blanc may be fictional but the descriptions of some countries, Brazil in particular, are quite accurate. Borba de Moraes I, p. 460: "This Dutch edition seems to be much scarcer than the others"; Sabin 39592.