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Distributor, Asia Books Co, 1981-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. 1981 reprint paperback no marks and is in very good conditionAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing

Bangkok: Orchid Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1981. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Itineraria Asiatica. La Thailande; 307 pages .

Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999. The book describes the first French Embassy to Siam in 1685. The Embassy which set out on March 1685 was a remarkable event. It was triggered by the express request of the Siamese King Phra Narai, who for years had been extraordinarily interested in making contact with the King of France. Already at the end of 1680 Narai had sent a fully-fledged embassy to France on the 'Soleil d’Orient', a vessel of the French Oriental Company but this attempt ended disastrously when the ship foundered near the eastern coast of Madagascar with the loss of all people and its valuable cargo. This book, Guy Tachard's first, was quite influential. It was the first of a large number of French works concerning late-seventeenth century Siam. Apparently, it was avidly read: the first three French editions date from 1686, 1687 and 1688, the first edition in the Dutch language dates from 1687, this English version appeared in 1688 and an Italian edition came out in 1693. When… Read More

White Orchid Press, 1985. Very Good. 8° Broschiert. Mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Deckel farblich nicht ganz homogen, Seiten altersgemäß angedunkelt