16TH-CENTURY MERCHANT’S ACCOUNT OF ASIA
CARLETTI, Francesco Ragionamenti... sopra le cose da lui vedute ne’ suoi viaggi si dell’Indie Occidentali Florence Carlieri 1701
Scarce first edition and fine copy of this belatedly published account of a circumnavigation made by a Florentine merchant in 1594-1602 and of great interest as a 16th-century eyewitness account of Japan, China, the Philippines and sundry parts of southern Asia.
$US13500
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