The Chevalier de Chaumont and the Abbe de Choisy: Aspects of the Embassy to Siam 1685, being Alexandre de Chaumont: Relation of the Embassy to Siam 1685, and Francois-Timoleon de Choisy: Memoranda on religion and commerce in Siam, and, Reflections on the Embassy to Siam. Edited and in part translated by Michael Smithies. [Line drawings by Jacques Dumarcay, consultant architect of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient]
Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1997. Paperback. ix, 216p., softbound, a paperback in 8x6 inch glossy decorated wraps, furnished with modern line drawings as called for. Alkaline paperstock, a nice item in perfectly sound, clean and unmarked condition.
FYI, de Choisy was a cross-dresser, a factoid that survived our memoirists' discretion.
Cat.No: 265446
ISBN: 9747100517
Price: $20.00
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