Voyage - LE BLANC (Vincent). LES VOYAGES FAMEUX du sieur Vin - Lot 117

Voyage - LE BLANC (Vincent). LES VOYAGES FAMEUX du sieur Vincent Leblanc marseillois, qu'il a fait depuis l'aage de douze ans jusques soixante aux quatre parties du monde.... Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1648. 3 parts of [8]-276-[4]-180-[4]150 (chiffr. 136)-[2] (of 4) pages, pale basane, ribbed spine (period binding). RARE ORIGINAL EDITION. A fascinating account of the author's travels through Persia, Arabia, Burma, the East Indies, Morocco, Guinea, the interior of Africa, the Cape, Constantinople, the Middle East, North and South America, and even China. Vincent Le Blanc (c. 1553-1633), born in Marseille, set sail for the Middle East at the age of twelve and spent 64 years traveling the world. His stories, a blend of authentic experience and fantasy, were written by Pierre Bergeron. He and the author present them in entertaining writing (Chahine, 2698) (Cordier BI, 121) (Chadenat, 1149) (Leclerc, 861). Binding damaged, minor galling, several pages browned. The last 2 leaves of the last part are missing.