Lot n° 649
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
Tonkin - China
MARINI (Giovanni Filippo de)
Histoire... - Lot 649 - Briscadieu
Tonkin - China
MARINI (Giovanni Filippo de)
Histoire nouvelle et curieuse des royaumes de Tunquin et de Lao contenant une description exacte de leur origine, grandeur et estenduë ; de leurs richesses et de leurs forces... Paris, Clouzier, 1666.
In-4. Light half-tone and worm work at the end of the volume at the central fold at the foot.
Pastiche marbled brown calf signed FECHOZ, ornate ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges, interior gilt roulette, red edges.
French translation by the Genoese Jesuit missionary Marini, who preached in Tonkin for 14 years.
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