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Livres anciens et modernes

Valle, Pietro Della, Edited & Introduction By Edward Grey

The Travels of Pietro Della Valle in India, from the Old English Translation of 1664 by G. Havers

1892

240,64 €

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Détails

Année
1892
Lieu d'édition
London. The Hakluyt Society
Auteur
Valle, Pietro Della, Edited & Introduction By Edward Grey
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Asia Hakluyt Society
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, [xiv], iv, lvi, 192; xii, [193]-454, [i, errata], 16 [publisher's report] pp, 2 plates including frontis portrait of Valle, 2 folding maps, index. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt cover vignette, spine title lettering, bookplates removed from endpaper, small light blind-stamp on title page, spine label removed, spine ends frayed, interiors clean and very good. A picture of this book is available u Based on the author's letters of 1614-1626. Cox I, 273: 'The record of his wanderings is of the utmost value for they were the product of a mind well trained in observations and well stored with general knowledge'. 'The prince of all such travellers is Pietro della Valle, the most insatiate in curiosity, the most intelligent in apprehension, the fullest and most accurate in description' [Sir Henry Yule]. A plate shows the use of the Devil's quadrant, cross-staff, maps of Goa and author's routes. The editor provides a detailed historical introduction and biography. This is from the Hakluyt Society first series, scarce in any condition.