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The true first edition was published by Antoine Lambin in 1691 in 4to as Voyage d’Orient and is rare.
In 1685 the Jesuit Avril set out to find an overland route to China. He travelled via Cyprus to Syria, eastern Asia Minor and Persia, reaching Astrachan, where the Russian authorities refused to allow him to cross their territories. He turned back to Constantinople and returned to France via Moldavia. The plates and the vignettes were engraved by a member of the 17th-century Vallet family of engravers.

Book Details
Book ID
B.0865
Title

Voyage En Divers Etats D’Europe Et D’Asie, Entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine. Contenant Plusieurs Remarques curieuses de Physique, de Geographie, d’Hydrographie & d’Histoire. Avec une Description de la grande Tartarie, & des differens Peuples qui l’habitent. A Paris, Chez Claude Barbin, au Palais, sur le second Perron de la sainte Chapelle. Jean Boudot, au Soleil d’or, George & Louis Josse, à la Couronne d’Epines. ruë saint Jacques. M. DC. XCII. Avec Privilege Du Roy.

Short Title

Voyage En Divers Etats D’Europe Et D’Asie ...

Format
4to
Edition
First edition under this title
Place of publication
Paris
Publishing responsibility
Antoine Lambin for Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George and Louis Josse
Year
1692