RENAUDOT (ABBÉ EUSÈBE, translator) [SULAYMAN (AL-TAJIR) AND ABU ZAYD HASAN IBN YAZID SIRAFI] Anciennes relations des Indes et de la Chine de deux voyageurs mahometans, qui y allerent dans le neuviéme siecle; traduites d'arabe: avec des remarques sur les principaux endroits de ces relations, FIRST EDITION, title with woodcut printer's device, contemporary calf, title label on spine faded, corners bumped [Cordier, Sinica 1923; Löwendahl 336], 8vo, Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1718 Footnotes: A 'highly important collection of remarks and observations relating to India and China, made by two Arabian travellers in the ninth century. Sulaiman al-Tajir (Sulaiman the Merchant) and Abu Zayd al-Hasan al-Shirafi were travelling in the Far East in 851 and 857. However the unique manuscript account of their travels, first translated by Renaudot...was not written until the twelfth century' (Löwendahl). Provenance: Sir William Maxwell of Monreith, armorial bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing