Jean OVINGTON
Voyages de Jean Ovington, faits à Surate, & en d'autres lieux de l'Asie & de l'Afrique
Chez Etienne Ganneau|A Paris 1725|9.50 x 16.40 cm|2 volumes reliés
First French edition, after the first English edition of 1696. This edition is much rarer than the English original.
Contemporary full marbled blonde sheepskin binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Beige morocco title label, black wax volume label. Traces of rubbing. Gilt faded on volume labels. Worming to upper board of volume II, also to lower joint at head with losses. Some scattered foxing. Good copy.
18th-century armorial bookplate, Morel Depeisses.
Ovington joined the East India Company and was assigned to a voyage as chaplain in 1689. His voyage made a first stop at Madeira, Ovington already displaying his interest in the religious customs of the Portuguese. After
Contemporary full marbled blonde sheepskin binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Beige morocco title label, black wax volume label. Traces of rubbing. Gilt faded on volume labels. Worming to upper board of volume II, also to lower joint at head with losses. Some scattered foxing. Good copy.
18th-century armorial bookplate, Morel Depeisses.
Ovington joined the East India Company and was assigned to a voyage as chaplain in 1689. His voyage made a first stop at Madeira, Ovington already displaying his interest in the religious customs of the Portuguese. After
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