- LA COMBE DE VRIGNY]. Relation in the form of a journal, of a journey made in Danemarc, following the envoy of England. With several extracts from the Laws of Danemarc, accompanied by some remarks. Second edition revised & corrected. Rotterdam, Abraham Acher, 1707, 2 volumes in one vol. in-8, [2]-619 pp. in continuous numbering, with a folding map, blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated, framed with quadruple gilt fillet with corner fleurons on the boards, gilt edges, inner lace (Simier, R. du Roi). Spine unstained, but a good copy. Edition published one year after the original, of this journey in epistolary form. Jacques-Philippe La Combe de Vrigny had accompanied as secretary James Vernon (1646-1727), ambassador of England, in his journey to Denmark in 1702, through the Netherlands and northern Germany. He describes in detail the cities he visited (Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Deventer, Osnabrück, Hannore, Hamburg, etc.). It should be noted that the delegation went to visit Leibniz, who was already internationally renowned. Cioranescu, 37960.
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- LA COMBE DE VRIGNY]. Relation in the form of a journal, of a journey made in Danemarc, following the envoy of England. With several extracts from the Laws of Danemarc, accompanied by some remarks. Second edition revised & corrected. Rotterdam, Abraham Acher, 1707, 2 volumes in one vol. in-8, [2]-619 pp. in continuous numbering, with a folding map, blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated, framed with quadruple gilt fillet with corner fleurons on the boards, gilt edges, inner lace (Simier, R. du Roi). Spine unstained, but a good copy. Edition published one year after the original, of this journey in epistolary form. Jacques-Philippe La Combe de Vrigny had accompanied as secretary James Vernon (1646-1727), ambassador of England, in his journey to Denmark in 1702, through the Netherlands and northern Germany. He describes in detail the cities he visited (Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Deventer, Osnabrück, Hannore, Hamburg, etc.). It should be noted that the delegation went to visit Leibniz, who was already internationally renowned. Cioranescu, 37960.
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