Guy tachard (135 résultats)

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Etat : New.

Soft Cover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : n/a. Reprint. The book describes the first French Embassy to Siam in 1685. The Embassy which set out on March 1685 was a remarkable event. It was triggered by the express request of the Siamese King Phra Narai, who for years had been extraordinarily interested in making contact with the King of France. Already at the end of 1680 Narai had sent a fully-fledged embassy to France on the 'Soleil d'Orient', a vessel of the French Oriental Company but this attempt ended disastrously when the ship foundered near the eastern coast of Madagascar with the loss of all people and its valuable cargo. This book, Guy Tachard's first, was quite influential. It was the first of a large number of French works concerning late-seventeenth century Siam. Apparently, it was avidly read: the first three French editions date from 1686, 1687 and 1688, the first edition in the Dutch language dates from 1687, this English version appeared in 1688 and an Italian edition came out in 1693. When Engelbert Kaempfer visited the Dutch trading station at Ayuthia in June and July 1690 he annotated the book and his later writing on Siam shows that he benefited from some of Tachard's observations. It was a work that helped stimulate the French appetite to invest in a short-lived military adventure. This book still deserves attention, its mixture of scientific curiosity, methodic enquiry and religious zeal is typical of the period. It is an exemplary document on Siamese seventeenth-century culture. Reprint of 1688 edition. 275 pp., 27 pp. illus. (New/unread copy; light tanning to covers as is common with this publisher's books.) Size: 21 x 15 cm.…

Softbound in slipcase. Etat : New. Subtitle : 'Performed by Six Jesuits Sent by the French King to the Indies and China in the Year 1685'. An account of a Jesuit mission to Siam in 1685, doomed to failure by indiscreet attempts to convert the Siamese King to Catholicism, ignoring the King's desire to focus on political and commercial relations. Reprint of the 1688 London edition with new introduction by H. K. Kuloy. 320 pp., 30 woodcuts and maps, slipcase Size: 19 x 13 cm.…

Etat : Very Good. pbk. 21cm. xxxv,257pp.

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Hardback or Cased Book. Etat : New. Voyage De Siam, Des Peres Jesuites, Envoyez Par Le Roy Aux Indes & � La Chine: Avec Leurs Observations Astronomiques, Et Leurs Remarques De Physique. Book.

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HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Etat : Very Good.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New. In English.

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Etat : New. In English.

HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PF. Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Etat : New. no dj. The book describes the first French Embassy to Siam in 1685. The Embassy which set out on March 1685 was a remarkable event. It was triggered by the express request of the Siamese King Phra Narai, who for years had been extraordinarily interested in making contact with the King of France. Already at the end of 1680 Narai had sent a fully-fledged embassy to France on the Soleil d'Orient, a vessel of the French Oriental Company but this attempt ended disastrously when the ship foundered near the eastern coast of Madagascar with the loss of all people and its valuable cargo. This book, Guy Tachard's first, was quite influential. It was the first of a large number of French works concerning late-seventeenth century Siam. Apparently, it was avidly read: the first three French editions date from 1686, 1687 and 1688, the first edition in the Dutch language dates from 1687, this English version appeared in 1688 and an Italian edition came out in 1693. When Engelbert Kaempfer visited the Dutch trading station at Ayuthia in June and July 1690 he annotated the book and his later writing on Siam shows that he benefited from some of Tachard's observations. It was a work that helped stimulate the French appetite to invest in a short-lived military adventure. This book still deserves attention, its mixture of scientific curiosity, methodic enquiry and religious zeal is typical of the period. It is an exemplary document on Siamese seventeenth-century culture. Book.…

Etat : New. In English.

Unknown binding. Etat : Very Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Etat : New. In English.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : very good. Editions Time-Life Amsterdam, Editions Time-Life Amsterdam, Relié, 1983 occasion bon état non neuf reliure éditeur.