Lot 251
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STRUYS, Jan Janzoon (d.1694). Les Voyages ... en Moscovie, en Tartarie, en Perse, aux Indes, & en plusieurs autres pais trangers ... quoi l'on a ajout ... la relation d'un naufrage ... par Monsieur Glanius. Amsterdam: the widow of Jacob van Meurs, 1691. 2 parts in one volume, 4 (240 x 182mm). Final blanks to both parts. First title in red and black. Engraved additional titles to both parts, the first with 19 folding plates (4 signed by J. Kip, 3 signed by C. Decker) and one folding map, the second part with 8 three-quarter page illustrations (5 signed D. Besboom). (Some plates close-shaved, two with small tears to outer margins.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt (some old surface damage to leather). Provenance: ?Jallenelles (signature); extensive manuscript notes in French, in an unidentified 18th-century hand.
STRUYS, Jan Janzoon (d.1694). Les Voyages ... en Moscovie, en Tartarie, en Perse, aux Indes, & en plusieurs autres pais trangers ... quoi l'on a ajout ... la relation d'un naufrage ... par Monsieur Glanius. Amsterdam: the widow of Jacob van Meurs, 1691. 2 parts in one volume, 4 (240 x 182mm). Final blanks to both parts. First title in red and black. Engraved additional titles to both parts, the first with 19 folding plates (4 signed by J. Kip, 3 signed by C. Decker) and one folding map, the second part with 8 three-quarter page illustrations (5 signed D. Besboom). (Some plates close-shaved, two with small tears to outer margins.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt (some old surface damage to leather). Provenance: ?Jallenelles (signature); extensive manuscript notes in French, in an unidentified 18th-century hand.

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STRUYS, Jan Janzoon (d.1694). Les Voyages ... en Moscovie, en Tartarie, en Perse, aux Indes, & en plusieurs autres pais trangers ... quoi l'on a ajout ... la relation d'un naufrage ... par Monsieur Glanius. Amsterdam: the widow of Jacob van Meurs, 1691. 2 parts in one volume, 4 (240 x 182mm). Final blanks to both parts. First title in red and black. Engraved additional titles to both parts, the first with 19 folding plates (4 signed by J. Kip, 3 signed by C. Decker) and one folding map, the second part with 8 three-quarter page illustrations (5 signed D. Besboom). (Some plates close-shaved, two with small tears to outer margins.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt (some old surface damage to leather). Provenance: ?Jallenelles (signature); extensive manuscript notes in French, in an unidentified 18th-century hand.

FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. The first edition (in Dutch) was published in 1676. The second part concerns the fate of the crew of Ter Schelling, a Dutch vessel shipwrecked on the coast of Bengal.
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Please note that the date for this lot should read 1681 and not 1691 as stated in the catalogue.

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