Thevenot,J. Lot n° 1398

Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa. Translated into the High German Language. 3 parts in 1 vol. Ffm., Fievet 1693. 4°. With engraved portrait, engraved tit. a. 44 (instead of 48) partly folded. copper plates. 8 (instead of 9) pp., 419 (recte 409) pp., 9 pp.; 2 pp., 285 pp., 7 pp.; 2 pp., 228 pp. gilt-printed d. Zt. with gold stamped title. (Somewhat browned and light, partly somewhat damaged). VD17 23:314151E. Blackmer 1650 note. Fromm 25319 (dated incorrectly 1643). First German edition - "Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his travels for publication, which describes Constantinople, the Archipelago, Asia Minor and Egypt. He left Paris in October, 1663 and travelled through Syria and Persia to India; Thevenot died near Tabriz in 1667. The second and third parts of his voyages were published posthumously by Petis de la Croix and the Sieur de Luisandre ... Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant" (Blackmer). - Without the 6 leaves at the end, 4 plates missing. Somewhat browned, in places somewhat fl., plates partly with slight marginal tears. With handwritten inscription a.V..