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Auction archive: Lot number 82

China.- Feynes (Henri de) An Exact and Curious Survey Of all the East Indies, even to Canton, the chiefe Cittie of China, first edition, [1615].

Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,057 - US$15,086
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 82

China.- Feynes (Henri de) An Exact and Curious Survey Of all the East Indies, even to Canton, the chiefe Cittie of China, first edition, [1615].

Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,057 - US$15,086
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

China.- [Feynes (Henri de)] An Exact and Curious Survey Of all the East Indies, even to Canton, the chiefe Cittie of China: All duly performed by land, by Monsiuer de Monsart, the like whereof was never hitherto, brought to an end. Wherein also are described the huge Dominions of the great Mogor, to whom that honorable Knight, Sir Thomas Roe, was lately sent Ambassador from the King. Newly translated out of the Travailers Manuscript, first edition, with final blank f., woodcut initials and head-pieces, closely trimmed, with loss to title date and occasionally affecting headlines, side-notes or signatures, light surface soiling to title, occasional staining, disbound, [STC 10840], small 4to, by Thomas Dawson, for William Arondell, in Pauls Church-yard, at the Angell, [1615]. ⁂ First edition in any language of this rare early account of a voyage to China and the East Indies. Henri de Feynes, Comte de Monsart, was the first Frenchman to visit China. Feynes travelled overland, returning via Macao, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand. account of his time in China includes a description of foot binding, the silk industry and the practice of using cormorants to fish. A second edition was published in France in 1630. We can trace only 2 other copies at auction, including this one, in the last 70 years. Provenance: Willi. Aerton (ink inscription).

Auction archive: Lot number 82
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

China.- [Feynes (Henri de)] An Exact and Curious Survey Of all the East Indies, even to Canton, the chiefe Cittie of China: All duly performed by land, by Monsiuer de Monsart, the like whereof was never hitherto, brought to an end. Wherein also are described the huge Dominions of the great Mogor, to whom that honorable Knight, Sir Thomas Roe, was lately sent Ambassador from the King. Newly translated out of the Travailers Manuscript, first edition, with final blank f., woodcut initials and head-pieces, closely trimmed, with loss to title date and occasionally affecting headlines, side-notes or signatures, light surface soiling to title, occasional staining, disbound, [STC 10840], small 4to, by Thomas Dawson, for William Arondell, in Pauls Church-yard, at the Angell, [1615]. ⁂ First edition in any language of this rare early account of a voyage to China and the East Indies. Henri de Feynes, Comte de Monsart, was the first Frenchman to visit China. Feynes travelled overland, returning via Macao, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand. account of his time in China includes a description of foot binding, the silk industry and the practice of using cormorants to fish. A second edition was published in France in 1630. We can trace only 2 other copies at auction, including this one, in the last 70 years. Provenance: Willi. Aerton (ink inscription).

Auction archive: Lot number 82
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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