DESHAYES- QUICLET. The Travels of Mr. Des Hayes, Baron of Co - Lot 7

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DESHAYES- QUICLET. The Travels of Mr. Des Hayes, Baron of Co - Lot 7
DESHAYES- QUICLET. The Travels of Mr. Des Hayes, Baron of Courmesvin in Dannemarc. Enriched with Annotations. By Sieur P.M.L. [Followed by] Les Voyages de M. Quiclet à Constantinople par terre. Chez Pierre Promé, A Paris 1664, In-12 (8 x14,5cm), (6) 284pp. (3) ; (8) 246pp. 2 parts in one volume bound, pl. binding ep. spine with nerfs gilded fleurons between the nerves, missing caps. Missing a strip of paper with damage to the top of the title on the title page (Missing the words: "les Voyages de Monsieur") First edition realized by Jean Promé of these 2 trips which appear for the first time. The first work consists of a travel report in the form of a journal... To Elsinore by sea, then to Copenhagen, and to the island of Zeland and other islands, then to the duchy of Holstein and to Lubeck. Description of the city of Copenhagen, considerations on trade and morals, justice and government... Des Hayes was sent to the kingdom of Denmark to negotiate commercial treaties on the Baltic, he encloses a letter from Christian IV very advantageous for France. The second work consists of a rarer journey to the Levant. The author passes through the cities of Ragusa, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Andrinople and Constantinople, of which he gives a beautiful and picturesque description in fine.
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