IDES, Evert Ysbrants. [Driejaarige reize naar China. English] Three Years Travels from Moscow over-land to China ... to which is annex'd an accurate description of China, done originally by a Chinese author, London: for W. Freeman [and others], 1706, 4°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, engraved title dated 1705 used as a frontispiece, large folding engraved map and 30 plates, 8 folding (map lightly stained, text lightly browned and spotted, 2 leaves torn and browned at fore-edge), contemporary panelled calf (rebacked and recornered preserving old spine and part of original spine label, lightly scuffed and stained).
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IDES, Evert Ysbrants. [Driejaarige reize naar China. English] Three Years Travels from Moscow over-land to China ... to which is annex'd an accurate description of China, done originally by a Chinese author, London: for W. Freeman [and others], 1706, 4°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, engraved title dated 1705 used as a frontispiece, large folding engraved map and 30 plates, 8 folding (map lightly stained, text lightly browned and spotted, 2 leaves torn and browned at fore-edge), contemporary panelled calf (rebacked and recornered preserving old spine and part of original spine label, lightly scuffed and stained).
Provenance
"The Right Honble. Basil Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, 1793," armorial bookplate.
Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 105.
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