Histoire naturelle et politique du royaume de Siam
Paris: Louis Lucas, 1690. 4to, pp. [16], 324, [7] ; a4 e4 A-2S4 2T2; folding plate of music, woodcut typographical decorations, head- and tail-pieces, and initials; full contemporary calf recently rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, renewed corners; boards slightly bowed; not unattractive late 19th-century/early 20th-century Japanese chop-marks of the South Manchuria Railway, Ltd., and a 19th-century armorial bookplate of Mr. A. G-du Plessis on front pastedown; nice copy of a scarce edition. An early description of Thailand presented in four sections: the first on the physical and geographical description; followed by law and customs; religion; and lastly an account of the present-day ruler King Narai the Great (reigned 1656-1688). See Cordier, Indosinica, 721 and Graesse III, p. 61, for the first (1688) edition, calling for a folding map not present in this edition. OCLC locates only the Cornell copy in the United States as of April, 2021. Item #44633
Price: $2,500.00