DESHAYES-QUICLET. Les Voyages de Monsieur Des Hayes, Baron d - Lot 20

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DESHAYES-QUICLET. Les Voyages de Monsieur Des Hayes, Baron d - Lot 20
DESHAYES-QUICLET. Les Voyages de Monsieur Des Hayes, Baron de Courmesvin en Dannemarc. Enrichis d'Annotations. Par le Sieur P.M.L. [Suivi de] 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 in pl. ép. spine with gilt fleurons between the nerves, missing headpieces. Missing strip of paper with damage to top of title on title page (Missing the words: "les Voyages de Monsieur"). Jean Promé's first edition of these 2 voyages, published for the first time. The first work consists of a travel report in the form of a journal... A Elseneur par la mer, puis à Copenhague, et dans l'île de Zeland et autres îles, puis dans le duché du Holstein et à 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, and he encloses a letter from Christian IV that is highly advantageous for France. The second work consists of a rarer voyage to the Levant. The author passes through the cities of Ragusa, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Andrinople and Constantinople, of which he gives a fine, picturesque description in fine.
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