Niecamp's Histoire des... Indes Orientalis

INDIA. (NIECAMP [NIEKAMP], J. L.). (3). Histoire des voyages que les Danois ont fait dans les Indes Orientales, depuis l'an 1705. jusqu'à la fin de l'année 1736. I-III. Geneve (chez Henri-Albert Gosse & Comp.) 1747.8:o. (2), (I)-XXXVI, (1)-244; (2), (1)-282, (2 blank); (2), (1)-202, (2, last blank) pp. Contemporary marbled calf, worn, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spines in six compartments, damages at head, red edges. Minor foxing. 3 volumes. Second edition (for the first see item 6305 in the present catalogue) of the French translation by Benjamin Gaudard. One of the prefaces to vol. I by Theo. Auguste Francke. An account of the Danish mission to the Tamiles with important information on Southern India and its inhabitants.From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).