[TACHARD (Père Guy)]. - Lot 146

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[TACHARD (Père Guy)]. - Lot 146
[TACHARD (Père Guy)]. Voyage de Siam, des pères jésuites, envoyer par le Roy aux Indes et à la Chine. Paris, Seneuze, Horthemels, 1686. In-4 of (8) ff, 424, (8) pp, 20 pl., contemporary brown calf binding, spine decorated, speckled edges. First edition. 20 off-text plates, including 10 folding plates, by Vermeulen. Father Tachard was one of the six Jesuits appointed to accompany the Chevalier de Chaumont in his unhappy embassy in Siam in 1685. Of excessive credulity, he left an account of this trip teeming with exaggerations. However, the many scientific observations reported, as for them exact, make his relationship quite worthy of interest. Worn caps and corners.
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