MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- OVINGTON, J. Voyages, faits à Surate, & en d'autres lieux de l'Asie & de l'Afrique.Avec l'histoire de la Révolution du Royaume de Golconde; & des observations sur les Vers à soye. Trad. de l'Anglois (p. N. Barnabite). Paris, E. Ganeau, 1725. 2 vols. xxiv, 323, (1); vi, 315, (3) pp. Sm-8°. Cont. cf., spines raised & gilt, marbled endpapers. (Binds. a bit worn, upper hinge vol. 1 partly split but sound, some foxing marks in places).
First French edition of John Ovington's (1653-1731) mission for the East India Company to India and his experiences in Bombay and Surat. - Cf. Cox I, p. 280: "His remarks on the methods and results of Mogul administration are not to be neglected".€ 400
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