[Gaspard Theodore Mollien] — Resor I Asien

Stockholm, Ecksteinska Tryckeriet, 1828 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce Swedish language collection of six narratives of travels in Asia and the Middle East. A very scarce Swedish language work.A very scarce collection of six accounts of travels and voyages in Asia. This volume presents the following narratives: Lady Graham's Journey in Bengal; Lord Amherst's Embassy to China; Mr. Golownin's Voyage and Captivity in Japan; Mr. Morrier's First Journey in Persia; Mr. Johnson's Journey through the same country, and Captain Beaufort's Voyage in Asia Minor.The New York Public Library credits authorship to French diplomat and explorer Gaspard Theodore Mollien.With the bookplate of F. Diba to the verso of the front marbled paper wrap. Diba published a bibliography of Persia in 1981.A very scarce work gathering together diverse eighteenth and nineteenth century narratives. Disbound, loosely inserted in marbled paper wraps, with are in turn held in modern paper wraps with a typed spine label. Bookplate to verso of front marbled paper wrap. Lacking a preliminary blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .