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FRYER, John.Livre Rare Book
A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being nine years travels, Begun 1672. And finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries : Namely, Of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, used in the Principal Places of Trade in those Parts.
1698ref. PHO-1906London, Chiswell, 1698. In-folio (310x210mm) relié plein veau époque, dos à nerfs, x, xiii, 427, xxiv pp., illustré d’un frontispice, de 5 planches hors-texte dont 3 dépliantes et de 3 cartes, plats détachés, petit trou page 81/82, manque de papier en marge page 80. Titre imprimé en rouge et noir. Fryer était un chirurgien au service de la compagnie des Indes Orientales, pendant 9 ans il voyagea extrêmement des côtes de Coromandel et malabar. Il décrivit les villes de Surat et Bombay le commerce et les coutumes de Madras et de la Perse. Très RARE. Folio, full period paneled calf, boards and free enpaper detached, x, xiii, 427, xxiv pp., illus. with engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 5 engraved plates (3 folding) and 3 maps, one with printed overslip; title in red and black, woodcut illustrations in text.
Librairie Voyage et Exploration · Cerny, Francia2100,00 €
