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[GERVAISE, NICHOLAS]: Description historique du royaume de Macacar. Divisée en trois livres. Paris, chez Hilaire Foucault, 1688.
Small 8vo. Pp. (vi), 326. With head and tail pieces. Contemporary full calf, spine gilt with five raised bands, worn. Bookplate. Endpapers browned. First edition of this important, early work on Makasar situated in the southern part of Celebes (today Sulawesi). The account describes the geography, natural history, manners and customs, religion etc. It is one of the earliest eye-witness accounts; the first in a western language of Makasar. Gervaise was a French missionary who lived in Siam between the years 1681 and 1688. Barbier i, 906. Chadenat 838. Lach iii, pp. 1448 ff.
Offered for EUR 1500.00 = appr. US$ 2106.00 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 24069
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