[Rarebooks] FS: Herbert's Travels in Asia and Africa with information on America, 1638, illustrated

[Charles Agvent]

HERBERT, Sir Thomas. SOME YEARES TRAVELS INTO DIVERS PARTS OF ASIA
AND  AFRIQUE  ... WITH A REVIVAL OF THE FIRST DISCOVERER  OF  AMERICA.
London:    Jacob  Blome  &  Richard   Bishop  1638.  Second   Edition.
"Describing  especially the two famous Empires, the Persian, and great
Mogull:  weaved  with the History of these later times. As also,  many
rich  and  spatious Kingdomes in the Orientall INDIA, and other  parts
of  ASIA;  Together  with the adjacent Iles.  Severally  relating  the
Religion,  Language,  Qualities, Customes, Habit,  Descent,  Fashions,
and  other Observations touching them." Published in the same year  as
the  First  Edition. Tall quarto (7" x 11") beautifully bound in  full
recent  sprinkled calf with five raised bands, gilt spine decorations,
and  a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; [viii], 364, [14] pages.
Illustrated  with an engraved title page before the letterpress  title
page  and 43 copper engravings of varying sizes in the text  including
4  maps  and  numerous  figures of people,  views,  and  animals,  our
favorite    being  the  fanciful   shark  consuming   an   unfortunate
individual.  In addition to the places mentioned, Herbert also devotes
pages  to  Japan, China, Borneo, Mauritius Island, and  even  America.
Three  text leaves are lacking: C4, Dd1, and Dd4; H3 has a neat  tear,
about  three inches, taped at the margin. The engraved title page  and
the  last leaf of the index have been laid down on stiffer paper  with
little  loss.  The binding is perfect and handsome. But for the  three
pages, a Near Fine copy of an interesting book                $2500.00

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