Lot n° 706
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India
TAYLOR (John)
Voyage dans l'Inde, au... - Lot 706 - Briscadieu
India
TAYLOR (John)
Voyage dans l'Inde, au travers du grand désert par Alep, Antioche, et Bassora ; exécuté par le major Taylor... traduit et enrichi de notes explicatives et critiques par L. de Grandpré. Paris, Servière, 1806.
2 volumes in-8; illustrated with a folding map and a filled-in table.
Contemporary speckled green basane, ornate smooth spines, red title-pieces and tomaisons, small accident to a head-cap, fine garland framing the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, speckled red edges.
New edition of the French translation by Louis de Grandpré. The work contains curious observations on the history, customs and trade of the Mainotes, Turks and desert Arabs; descriptions of Aleppo, Antioch and Basra, and interesting details on the Indian peninsula, the states and the war of Tipou Sultan, as well as detailed instructions on trading in India, distances, road prices and the exchange of currencies from Europe to Asia.
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