78/2958 [Asia]. Tavernier, J.B. Les Six Voyages qu'il a fait en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes (...). Paris, n.publ., 1692/ 1679, 2 vols., (36),782,(10); (12),614 [of 636?]p., engr. frontisp., 34 (fold.) engr. plans/ plates/ views, a few woodcut ills., modern/ contemp. calf (1x w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece), 4to.

- Without the 3rd vol.; partly (water)stained/ soiled'/ browned (also affecting several plates); several leaves dam.; vol.2 lacks final few quires; a few plates dam. in blank margins. Vol.2 binding dam. and read out of shape. Sold w.a.f.

= Cf. Cordier, Indosinica IV, p.2419; cf. Atabey 1200; Cox I, p.275 (other eds.): "(...) we discover in his writings a greater compass of thought and a more masterly turn in his observations, than in almost any other book of the kind (...)". Rare.