Author: FORBIN, Claude, comte de.
Title: Mémoires du comte De Forbin.Amsterdam, François Girardi, 1748. 2 volumes. 12mo. With engraved author's portrait as frontispiece. Contemporary mottled, tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spines.
Description: [4], 383, [1 blank]; [4], 344 pp.Third edition of the memoirs of the French naval commander Claude de Forbin (1656-1733), starting in 1675 and ending in 1710. It includes notes on his diplomatic mission to Siam from 1685 to 1688, where he became the governor of Bangkok and a general in the Siamese army. He later fought in several sea battles against the British navy.Good copy, with spots and minor waterdamage throughout and a few small tears in the lower margin. Some damage to the binding, but still good.l Cordier, Indosinica, col. 945; STCN (1 copy).
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Title: Mémoires du comte De Forbin.Amsterdam, François Girardi, 1748. 2 volumes. 12mo. With engraved author's portrait as frontispiece. Contemporary mottled, tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spines.
Description: [4], 383, [1 blank]; [4], 344 pp.Third edition of the memoirs of the French naval commander Claude de Forbin (1656-1733), starting in 1675 and ending in 1710. It includes notes on his diplomatic mission to Siam from 1685 to 1688, where he became the governor of Bangkok and a general in the Siamese army. He later fought in several sea battles against the British navy.Good copy, with spots and minor waterdamage throughout and a few small tears in the lower margin. Some damage to the binding, but still good.l Cordier, Indosinica, col. 945; STCN (1 copy).
Keywords: [9EE06DC76F16] ASIA|[9EE06DC76F16] ASIA -> [C4A78A11DA49] Cartography & Exploration|[9EE06DC76F16] ASIA -> [840DBD7F7389] Southeast Asia|[80CBADC1D9E8] CARTOGRAPHY & EXPLORATION|[80CBADC1D9E8] CARTOGRAPHY & EXPLORATION -> [C1D22201B2B0] Asia|[80CBADC1D9E8
Price: EUR 1250.00 = appr. US$ 1358.56 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
- Book number: H62GIKB16CMO
- Book number: H62GIKB16CMO