Author: CARRE Abbe
Title: The Travels of Abbe Carre in India and the Far East, 1672-1674. Translated from the manuscript Journals of his Travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett, and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN SERIES BINDING
Description: Hakluyt Society,, 1947-48. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine set. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. The set comprises: Vol. I: From France through Syria, Iraq and the Persian Gulf to Surat, Goa and Bijapur; Vol. II: From Bijapur to Madras and St. Thome; Vol. III: Return Journey to France with an Account of the Sicilian Revolt against Spanish rule at Messina. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 95, 96, 97. Bridges & Hair, p.282.

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