BERGERON (Pierre). Travels made mainly in Asia in the XII, XIII, XIV and XV centuries... (avec) l'Histoire des Sarasins et des Tartares. La Haye, Neaulme, 1735; 2 volumes in one vol. in-4 (273 x 217 mm), marbled calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons, fillets on the covers (Binding of the period). 5 maps and 8 figures in the text. A precious collection of medieval voyages to Asia and Persia, some published by Pierre Bergeron in 1634 and others previously available only in Latin, Italian or English, appearing here for the first time in French. It brings together Benjamin de Tudèle's Voyage around the world (c. 1160), the relations of Jean de Plan-Carpin and Nic. Ascelin, papal ambassadors to the Tartars and other peoples of the East (1246), Guillaume de Rubrouck, Saint Louis' envoy to China, Tartary... (1253), Roger Bacon's Observations touchant les parties septentrionales de l'Asie, Marco Polo's Voyages par toute l'Asie... and three essays by Pierre Bergeron including a Traité des Tartares and an Abrégé de l'histoire des Sarrasins et Mahométans. A VERY GOOD COPY IN ELEGANT AND FRIENDLY BINDING (small loss at the corner of the upper headpiece, spotting on a few pages). At the end, signature Soyer with date 4 may 1769.