71 3323 Ovington J 71/3323 Ovington, J. Voyages, Faits à Surate, & en d'autres lieux de l'Asie & de l'Afrique. Avec l'Histoire de la Révolution du Royaume de Golconde; & des observations sur les Vers à soye. Traduit de l'Anglois. Paris, E. Ganeau, 1725, 2 vols., XXIV,323,(1); VI,315,(3)p., 2 ident. woodcut printer's vignettes, contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo. - First vol. owner's entry on title-p. Bindings worn/ rubbed. = First French translation. Cox I, p.280; Nat. Maritime Mus. Cat. 438; cf. Mendelssohn II, p.131. Cf. Riddick 19 (on the English edition of 1929): "having joined the East India Company as a chaplain, Ovington was assigned to the Company's vessel Benjamin for a voyage to the East Indies in 1689. Ovington stopped briefly in Bombay and then settled at Surat for two and a half years. His narrative describes Bombay as a sink of debauchery filled with whores and drunkards. Of Surat Ovington commented at length of the Mughal influence, on religious and cultural characteristics of the Hindus and Parsees, and the nature of the fakeer or Mohammedan religious mendicant. In passing Ovington described and defended the drinking of tea for which he was later attacked by Alexander Hamilton. Of the greatest interest, however, is Ovington's outline of the organization and operation of the English factory at Surat. Of the early narratives, Ovington's possesses greater interest and far wittier prose."
71 3323 Ovington J 71/3323 Ovington, J. Voyages, Faits à Surate, & en d'autres lieux de l'Asie & de l'Afrique. Avec l'Histoire de la Révolution du Royaume de Golconde; & des observations sur les Vers à soye. Traduit de l'Anglois. Paris, E. Ganeau, 1725, 2 vols., XXIV,323,(1); VI,315,(3)p., 2 ident. woodcut printer's vignettes, contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo. - First vol. owner's entry on title-p. Bindings worn/ rubbed. = First French translation. Cox I, p.280; Nat. Maritime Mus. Cat. 438; cf. Mendelssohn II, p.131. Cf. Riddick 19 (on the English edition of 1929): "having joined the East India Company as a chaplain, Ovington was assigned to the Company's vessel Benjamin for a voyage to the East Indies in 1689. Ovington stopped briefly in Bombay and then settled at Surat for two and a half years. His narrative describes Bombay as a sink of debauchery filled with whores and drunkards. Of Surat Ovington commented at length of the Mughal influence, on religious and cultural characteristics of the Hindus and Parsees, and the nature of the fakeer or Mohammedan religious mendicant. In passing Ovington described and defended the drinking of tea for which he was later attacked by Alexander Hamilton. Of the greatest interest, however, is Ovington's outline of the organization and operation of the English factory at Surat. Of the early narratives, Ovington's possesses greater interest and far wittier prose."
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