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Libro

Payen, Nicolas

Les Voyages de monsieur Payen, dediez ‡ monseigneur de Lionne

Etienne Loyson, 1667

750,00 €

Cole & Contreras Books (Sitges, España)

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Año de publicación
1667
Lugar de impresión
Paris
Autor
Payen, Nicolas
Editores
Etienne Loyson
Materia
coleantiq
Idiomas
Inlgés

Descripción

AN IMPORTANT EARLY ACCOUNT OF EUROPEAN TRAVEL, INCLUDING A LENGTHY DESCRIPTION OF HOLLAND DURING REMBRANDT'S LIFETIME, OF THE CRACOW SHTETL, AND OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE IN ITS HEYDAY. 4 leaves, 160 pp, 11 leaves. Payen's itinerary takes him through England, Flanders, Brabant, Zeeland, Holland, Frisia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Moravia, Austria, Poland, and the Republic of Venice. Payen describes each place he visits in vivid detail, and discusses the politics, religion, economics, and coinage of each country, among other matters. The final section (besides the table of contents) is entitled "Table de la route, Et des commoditez qu'on peut prendre pour voir les villes cy-dessus dÈcrites, des Auberges o˘ on logera, & de la dÈpense qu'on doit faire". It provides the cost of food, lodging, and transportation along his route. 12mo. Attractively bound in 19th-century quarter calf and decorated boards. All edges marbled. Trivial wear to binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare and important.