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LA BOULLAYE LE GOUZ, François (1610-1669). Les Voyages et Observations. Paris: François Clousier, 1653.
4o (238 x 175 mm). Woodcut frontispiece portrait, etched portrait, both of the author, 34 woodcut illustrations, many full-page. (Some minor marginal staining.) Contemporary French speckled calf (upper joint neatly repaired).
FIRST EDITION. La Boullaye Le Gouz, whose family was of English descent, fought for Charles I in the Civil War before being entrusted by Louis XIV with an embassy to the Mogul emperor, Shah Jahan. While passing through Persia in 1648, he assumed the Turkish name of Ibrahim Beg and wore the costume of a Persian nobleman, a fact commemorated in the frontispiece to his book, "notable for its information on northern India and its relation to Persia," says Howgego, "and for its inclusion of a summary of the Ramayana." Other attractive woodcuts include the castle of Amasia, a plan of the Seraglio, a view of Mt. Ararat, natural history subjects and Indian wall paintings. Atabey 645; Brunet III:718; Howgego L4.
4o (238 x 175 mm). Woodcut frontispiece portrait, etched portrait, both of the author, 34 woodcut illustrations, many full-page. (Some minor marginal staining.) Contemporary French speckled calf (upper joint neatly repaired).
FIRST EDITION. La Boullaye Le Gouz, whose family was of English descent, fought for Charles I in the Civil War before being entrusted by Louis XIV with an embassy to the Mogul emperor, Shah Jahan. While passing through Persia in 1648, he assumed the Turkish name of Ibrahim Beg and wore the costume of a Persian nobleman, a fact commemorated in the frontispiece to his book, "notable for its information on northern India and its relation to Persia," says Howgego, "and for its inclusion of a summary of the Ramayana." Other attractive woodcuts include the castle of Amasia, a plan of the Seraglio, a view of Mt. Ararat, natural history subjects and Indian wall paintings. Atabey 645; Brunet III:718; Howgego L4.