Thailand -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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The History of Japan, Together With a Description of the Kingdom of Siam, 1690-92 (3 volumes; includes an appendix on a 1673 voyage to Japan by Delboe, Gibben, and Ramsden; Glasgow: J. MacLehose and Sons; New York: Macmillan, 1906), by Engelbert Kaempfer, trans. by John Gaspar Scheuchzer, contrib. by Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, and William Ramsden
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Filed under: Thailand -- Description and travel- Meine Reise Nach Siam 1888-1889 (in German; Vienna: A. Holzhausen, ca. 1901), by James Camille Samson, illust. by Ludwig Hans Fischer
- Notes of a Journey on the Upper Mekong, Siam (London: Pub. for the Royal Geographical Society by J. Murray, 1895), by H. Warington Smyth (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- A Relation of the Voyage to Siam, Performed by Six Jesuits, Sent by the French King, to the Indies and China, in the Year 1685, With Their Astrological Observations, and Their Remarks of Natural Philosophy, Geography, Hydrography, and History (London: Printed by T. B. for J. Robinson and A. Churchil, 1688), by Guy Tachard (multiple formats at Google)
- Siam (London: T. W. Laurie, ca. 1914), by Pierre Loti, trans. by W. P. Baines (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Siam (Philadelphia: D. McKay, ca. 1914), by Pierre Loti, trans. by W. P. Baines
- Siam, the Land of the White Elephant, As it Was and Is (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1900), by George B. Bacon, ed. by Frederick Wells Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Voyage Round the World: Including an Embassy to Muscat and Siam in 1835, 1836, and 1837 (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1838), by W. S. W. Ruschenberger (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
- The Travels of Ibn Batūta;: Translated from the Abridged Arabic Manuscript Copies Preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge, With Notes Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiques, &c Occurring Throughout the Work (London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829), by Ibn Batuta, ed. by Samuel Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, by Faxian, trans. by James Legge
- The History of Persia (London: J. Brown, 1715), by Pedro Teixeira, trans. by John Stevens, contrib. by Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh Mīr Khvānd and Turan Shah ibn Qutb al-Din
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdomes and Common-Wealths Thorowout the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Religions, Languages, Manners, Customes, strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies (London: Printed by I. Haviland for I. Partridge, 1630), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-Weales Thorough the World, Discoursing of Their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies (London: Printed for J. Jaggard, 1611), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson
- Travels in India, by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Translated From the Original French Edition of 1676 With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Notes, Appendices, &c. (second edition; London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1925), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, ed. by William Crooke, trans. by V. Ball
- The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turky, Into Persia and the East-Indies, For the Space of Forty Years (London: Printed by W. Godbid for R. Littlebury and M. Pitt, 1677), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by John Phillips (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Travels in India, by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Translated From the Original French Edition of 1676 With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Notes, Appendices, &c. (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1889), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by V. Ball
- The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, the Portuguese (popular edition; London: T. F. Unwin, 1897), by Fernão Mendes Pinto, trans. by Henry Cogan, contrib. by Ármin Vámbéry
- The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East (second edition, 2 volumes; London: J. Murray, 1875), by Marco Polo, ed. by Henry Yule (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition (2 volumes), by Marco Polo, ed. by Henry Yule and Henri Cordier
- Travels of Rabbi Petachia of Ratisbon (London: Trubner, 1856), by Pethahiah of Regensburg and Judah ben Samuel, trans. by A. Benisch, contrib. by William Ainsworth (PDF at seforimonline.org)
- The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia, Begun in the Year M.DC.XXXIII and Finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX: Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and Other Adjacent Countries (2 volumes in 1, second with a somewhat different title by Mandelslo; London: Printed for T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1662), by Adam Olearius and Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo, trans. by John Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Voyage to the East Indies: Containing Authentic Accounts of the Mogul Government in General, the Viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, With Their Several Subordinate Dependencies (with A Journey From Aleppo to Busserah; London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1772), by John Henry Grose, contrib. by John Carmichael (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
- Voyage dans l'Inde et au Bengale, Fait dans les Années 1789 et 1790 (2 volumes in French; Paris: Dentu, 1801), by L. de Grandpré (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the year 1790: Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale (with A Voyage in the Red Sea; Boston: Printed by D. Carlisle for W. Pelham and and W. P. and L. Blake, 1803), by L. de Grandpré
- A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the Years 1789 and 1790: Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale (with A Voyage in the Red Sea, in 2 volumes; London: Printed for G. and J. Robinson, 1803), by L. de Grandpré (both volumes :page images at loc.gov)
- A Narrative of the Military Operations of the Coromandel Coast, Against the Combined Forces of the French, Dutch and Hyder Ally Cawn, From the Year 1780 to the Peace in 1784 (London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1789), by Innes Munro (page images at HathiTrust)
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdomes and Common-Wealths Thorowout the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Religions, Languages, Manners, Customes, strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies (London: Printed by I. Haviland for I. Partridge, 1630), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-Weales Thorough the World, Discoursing of Their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies (London: Printed for J. Jaggard, 1611), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson
- The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turky, Into Persia and the East-Indies, For the Space of Forty Years (London: Printed by W. Godbid for R. Littlebury and M. Pitt, 1677), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by John Phillips (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Travels in India, by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Translated From the Original French Edition of 1676 With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Notes, Appendices, &c. (second edition; London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1925), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, ed. by William Crooke, trans. by V. Ball
- Travels in India, by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Translated From the Original French Edition of 1676 With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Notes, Appendices, &c. (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1889), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by V. Ball
- The Voyage of Nearchus; and The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea (Greek text with English translation and notes; Oxford: At the University Press, 1809), by Arrian, trans. by William Vincent (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turky, Into Persia and the East-Indies, For the Space of Forty Years (London: Printed by W. Godbid for R. Littlebury and M. Pitt, 1677), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by John Phillips (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The History of Persia (London: J. Brown, 1715), by Pedro Teixeira, trans. by John Stevens, contrib. by Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh Mīr Khvānd and Turan Shah ibn Qutb al-Din
- The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia, Begun in the Year M.DC.XXXIII and Finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX: Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and Other Adjacent Countries (2 volumes in 1, second with a somewhat different title by Mandelslo; London: Printed for T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1662), by Adam Olearius and Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo, trans. by John Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
- Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia, by Anthony Jenkinson and Other Englishmen; With Some Account of the First Intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by Way of the Caspian Sea (reprint of the 2-volume Hakluyt Society edition of 1886), ed. by E. Delmar Morgan and C. H. Coote, contrib. by Anthony Jenkinson
- The History of Japan (2 volumes; London: Printed for the translator, 1727), by Engelbert Kaempfer, trans. by John Gaspar Scheuchzer
- The History of Japan, Together With a Description of the Kingdom of Siam, 1690-92 (3 volumes; includes an appendix on a 1673 voyage to Japan by Delboe, Gibben, and Ramsden; Glasgow: J. MacLehose and Sons; New York: Macmillan, 1906), by Engelbert Kaempfer, trans. by John Gaspar Scheuchzer, contrib. by Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, and William Ramsden
- The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turky, Into Persia and the East-Indies, For the Space of Forty Years (London: Printed by W. Godbid for R. Littlebury and M. Pitt, 1677), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by John Phillips (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- A Journey Through the Crimea to Constantinople, in a Series of Letters From the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven, to His Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith (London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789), by Elizabeth Craven
- The Marchants Avizo: Verie Necessarie for Their Sonnes and Servants, When They First Send Them Beyond The Seas, as to Spayne and Portingale, or Other Countreyes (London: Impr. by T. Orwin, 1590), by J. B. (page images at Yale)
- The Whole Art of the Stage: Containing Not Only the Rules of the Drammatick Art, But Many Curious Observations About It, Which May Be of Great Use to the Authors, Actors, and Spectators of Plays, Together With Much Critical Learning About the Stage and Plays of the Antients (London: Printed for the author and sold by W. Cadman et al., 1684), by François-Hédelin Aubignac (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya (English translations only; 1921), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by S. Venkataramanan (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Analysis of Beauty: Written With a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste (London: J. Reeves, 1753), by William Hogarth (page images at Wisconsin)
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757), by Edmund Burke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Indagación Filosófica Sobre el Orígen de Nuestras Ideas Acerca de lo Sublime y lo Bello (in Spanish; Alcalá: Oficina de la Real Universidad, 1807), by Edmund Burke, trans. by Juan de la Dehesa (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Essay on the Beautiful (From the Greek of Plotinus) (London: J. M. Watkins, 1917), by Plotinus, trans. by Thomas Taylor (Gutenberg text)
- Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry, With Remarks Illustrative of Various Points in the History of Ancient Art (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887), by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, trans. by Ellen Frothingham
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, by Edmund Burke (HTML at Bartleby)
- Aristotle on the Art of Poetry (aka Poetics), by Aristotle, trans. by Ingram Bywater, contrib. by Gilbert Murray (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by S. H. Butcher (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Hamilton Fyfe (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Art of Poetry: An Epistle to the Pisos (in Latin and English), by Horace, ed. by George Colman (Gutenberg text)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Rhys Roberts (HTML at Internet Classics)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by John Henry Freese (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
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