Bergeron, Pierre

2 volumes, 4to (278 x 218mm.), titles printed in red and black with engraved printer’s device, 5 folding engraved maps, 8 engraved illustrations in the text, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments, lettered in 2, red edges

Löwendahl 391; Western Travellers in China 38

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“Second issue of this famous collection of travels to Asia and China compiled from various sources and edited by the French poet, geographer and traveller Pierre Bergeron. This work contains a collection of accounts concerning the early travellers and ambassadors to Tartary and China, followed by the history of the Saracens and Mohammedans” (Western Travellers in China).