Voyage de Siam, des pères jésuites, envoyez par le Roy aux Indes & à l
TACHARD, Guy. Voyage de Siam, des Pères Jésuites, envoyez par le Roy aux Indes & à la Chine. Avec leurs Observations astronomiques, et leurs Remarques de Physique, de Géographie, d'Hydrographie, & d'Histoire. [16], 424, [8] pp. Illustrated with 8 large engraved vignettes, 4 engraved folding maps and 16 engraved plates, of which 2 are folding. Paris: Arnould Seneuze, Daniel Horthemels, 1686. WITH:
TACHARD, Guy. Second Voyage du Pere Tachard et des Jésuites envoyez par le Roy au Royaume de Siam. Contenant diverses Remarques d'Histoire, de Physique, de Geographie, et d'Astronomie. [8], 416, [10] pp. Illustrated with engraved vignette and 6 engraved folding plates. 4to., 240 x 175 mm, uniformly bound in modern antique style calf, red morocco spine labels. Paris: Chez Daniel Horthemels, 1689.
First Editions of these important accounts of the two voyages to Siam made by Guy Tachard, a French Jesuit missionary during the reign of Louis XIV. On the first Voyage Tachard visited The Cape of Good Hope and his book contains useful descriptions of the country, inhabitants and animals including illustrations of a zebra along with lizards and snakes. The two books contains detailed descriptions of the geography, flora and fauna, and the customs of both the indigenous population and of the Portuguese and Dutch colonists of Siam, and also of Java and Sumatra.
Cordier, Indosinica, p. 947. De Backer-Sommervogel VII-1802. Nissen, ZBI 4066.
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