![130La Boullaye-Le Gouz (François de) Les Voyages et Observations, first edition, wood engraved frontispiece with small marginal hole and neat restoration verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, wood engraved illustrations, π1-3 and woodcut portrait provided in facsimile, H1, H4 & 3Z3 with small paper defect affecting odd letter, Y2 with tear into text, 2S1 with marginal tear (not affecting text), scattered spotting and staining, bookdealers catalogue notes pasted to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, [Atabey 645], 4to, Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1653.
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![130La Boullaye-Le Gouz (François de) Les Voyages et Observations, first edition, wood engraved frontispiece with small marginal hole and neat restoration verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, wood engraved illustrations, π1-3 and woodcut portrait provided in facsimile, H1, H4 & 3Z3 with small paper defect affecting odd letter, Y2 with tear into text, 2S1 with marginal tear (not affecting text), scattered spotting and staining, bookdealers catalogue notes pasted to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, [Atabey 645], 4to, Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1653.
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![130La Boullaye-Le Gouz (François de) Les Voyages et Observations, first edition, wood engraved frontispiece with small marginal hole and neat restoration verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, wood engraved illustrations, π1-3 and woodcut portrait provided in facsimile, H1, H4 & 3Z3 with small paper defect affecting odd letter, Y2 with tear into text, 2S1 with marginal tear (not affecting text), scattered spotting and staining, bookdealers catalogue notes pasted to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, [Atabey 645], 4to, Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1653.
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![130La Boullaye-Le Gouz (François de) Les Voyages et Observations, first edition, wood engraved frontispiece with small marginal hole and neat restoration verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, wood engraved illustrations, π1-3 and woodcut portrait provided in facsimile, H1, H4 & 3Z3 with small paper defect affecting odd letter, Y2 with tear into text, 2S1 with marginal tear (not affecting text), scattered spotting and staining, bookdealers catalogue notes pasted to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, [Atabey 645], 4to, Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1653.
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Lot 130
La Boullaye-Le Gouz (François de) Les Voyages et Observations, first edition, Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1653.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
La Boullaye-Le Gouz (François de) Les Voyages et Observations, first edition, wood engraved frontispiece with small marginal hole and neat restoration verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, wood engraved illustrations, π1-3 and woodcut portrait provided in facsimile, H1, H4 & 3Z3 with small paper defect affecting odd letter, Y2 with tear into text, 2S1 with marginal tear (not affecting text), scattered spotting and staining, bookdealers catalogue notes pasted to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, [Atabey 645], 4to, Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1653.
⁂ "La Boullaye le Gouz began his travels shortly after 1643, when he fought in the English Civil War as a member of the French forces defending Charles I. Using the name Ibrahim Bey, he eventually made his way to Goa via Greece and Turkey; on the return journey he visited Egypt." (Atabey)
The frontispiece, title, dedication and an additional portrait plate have been supplied in facsimile.
Description
La Boullaye-Le Gouz (François de) Les Voyages et Observations, first edition, wood engraved frontispiece with small marginal hole and neat restoration verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, wood engraved illustrations, π1-3 and woodcut portrait provided in facsimile, H1, H4 & 3Z3 with small paper defect affecting odd letter, Y2 with tear into text, 2S1 with marginal tear (not affecting text), scattered spotting and staining, bookdealers catalogue notes pasted to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, [Atabey 645], 4to, Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1653.
⁂ "La Boullaye le Gouz began his travels shortly after 1643, when he fought in the English Civil War as a member of the French forces defending Charles I. Using the name Ibrahim Bey, he eventually made his way to Goa via Greece and Turkey; on the return journey he visited Egypt." (Atabey)
The frontispiece, title, dedication and an additional portrait plate have been supplied in facsimile.
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