South Asia.- Schouten (Wouter) Voyage de Gautier Schouten aux Indes Orientales, 2 vol., first French edition, titles in red and black, identical engraved frontispieces of a ceremonial elephant, vol. 1 with additional folding portrait frontispiece, 13 engraved plates, 4 folding, contemporary ink ownership inscription to titles, 1 crossed through and the other partially erased, portrait chipped at fore-edge and repaired, 1 folding plate with expert small repair to verso, another with a few small holes to fore-margin, the odd spot, attractive contemporary speckled calf, spines richly gilt, a few skilful repairs, including small portion of vol. 1 lower cover, 12mo, Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, 1707.

⁂ A rare edition. Of the copies we have traced the plate count varies.