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MONCONYS (Balthasar de). VOYAGES de M. de Monconys, conseiller du roi et lieutenant criminel au Siege Presidial de ...
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MONCONYS (Balthasar de). VOYAGES de M. de Monconys, conseiller du roi et lieutenant criminel au Siege Presidial de Lyon. Paris: Pierre Delaulne, 1695.
MONCONYS (Balthasar de)
VOYAGES de M. de Monconys, conseiller du roi et lieutenant criminel au Siege Presidial de Lyon. Paris: Pierre Delaulne, 1695.
4 tomos em 5 v.; 1v: portada, [46], 538 pp., 16 gravs; 2v. 1.ª parte: [4], 346 pp., 10 gravs.; 2v, 2.ª parte: [6], 374 pp., 14 gravs; 3v.: [2], 534 pp., 5 gravs.; 4 v.: [8], 546, [102] pp., 7 gravs.: il.; 155 mm. Full calf heavly tired; red edges; stained.
Rare edition, illustrated with a total of 52 engravings, of this travel diary published for the first time in a short version by the author's son. Monoconys was a French traveler, diplomat and magistrate. His travels took place from 1628 to 1664. The work is divided as follows: v.1: Portugal, Italy and Egypt; V.2, p.1: Syria, Constantinople and Asia Minor; v.2, p.2: England and the Netherlands; v.3: Germany and Italy; v. 4: Monconys' last voyage to Spain and a long letter written by him from Constantinople in 1648 about the bearing of Sultan Ibrahin and other letters between the author and his friends, as well as some treatises on poetry, chemistry, recipes, etc. Rare.
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