Description Du Premier Voyage Faict Aux Indes Orientales Par Les Francois En L An 1603 Including

by Francois Martin De Vitre

$50,000 · Offered by Martayan Lan

First edition

Extremely rare first edition of the first French account of the East Indies to appear in print (cf. Lach & van Kley, III: 373), here in an impeccable copy bound in contemporary vellum. The work is that of the French adventurer François Martin de Vitré (c. 1575-c. 1631), who, upon..... More

• Binding: Leather

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