Lot 217
Voyages.- Olearius (Adam) The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors... containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, second edition, 1669.
Hammer Price: £650
Description
Voyages.- Olearius (Adam) The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors... containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia... whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo... into the East-Indies, translated by John Davies, 2 parts in 1, second edition, additional engraved title incorporating portraits, 2 engraved portraits and 6 folding or double-page maps, engraved illustration of scripts, folding maps with splits along folds, damp-staining, B1 rather foxed and soiled, ink ownership inscription to head of title, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine ends repaired, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, [Wing O270], folio, for John Starkey and Thomas Basset, 1669.
⁂ Translated from the French edition of 1659. Olearius acted as secretary on two embassies for the Duke of Holstein with the overall aim of establishing a trade route with Persia. The first was to Russia in 1633-54 in order to secure right of passage through the Tsar's lands. The second was to Persia itself in 1635.
Provenance: Littleton Powys (ink inscription); Lord Lilford and Lilford Library bookplates.
Description
Voyages.- Olearius (Adam) The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors... containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia... whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo... into the East-Indies, translated by John Davies, 2 parts in 1, second edition, additional engraved title incorporating portraits, 2 engraved portraits and 6 folding or double-page maps, engraved illustration of scripts, folding maps with splits along folds, damp-staining, B1 rather foxed and soiled, ink ownership inscription to head of title, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine ends repaired, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, [Wing O270], folio, for John Starkey and Thomas Basset, 1669.
⁂ Translated from the French edition of 1659. Olearius acted as secretary on two embassies for the Duke of Holstein with the overall aim of establishing a trade route with Persia. The first was to Russia in 1633-54 in order to secure right of passage through the Tsar's lands. The second was to Persia itself in 1635.
Provenance: Littleton Powys (ink inscription); Lord Lilford and Lilford Library bookplates.
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