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THE SIX VOYAGES OF JOHN BAPTISTA TAVERNIER, A NOBLE MAN OF FRANCE NOW LIVING, THROUGH TURKY INTO PERSIA, AND THE EAST-INDIES, FINISHED IN THE YEAR 1670. GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THOSE COUNTRIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH DIVERS SCULPTURES. TOGETHER WITH A NEW RELATION OF THE PRESENT GRAND SEIGNOR\'S SERAGLIO, BY THE SAME AUTHOR. MADE IN ENGLISH BY J.P. TO WHICH IS ADDED A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE KINGDOMS WHICH ENCOMPAS THE EUXINE AND CASPIAN SEAS. BY AN ENGLISH TRAVELLER, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED
Author: Tavernier, Jean Baptiste
Title: THE SIX VOYAGES OF JOHN BAPTISTA TAVERNIER, A NOBLE MAN OF FRANCE NOW LIVING, THROUGH TURKY INTO PERSIA, AND THE EAST-INDIES, FINISHED IN THE YEAR 1670. GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THOSE COUNTRIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH DIVERS SCULPTURES. TOGETHER WITH A NEW RELATION OF THE PRESENT GRAND SEIGNOR\'S SERAGLIO, BY THE SAME AUTHOR. MADE IN ENGLISH BY J.P. TO WHICH IS ADDED A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE KINGDOMS WHICH ENCOMPAS THE EUXINE AND CASPIAN SEAS. BY AN ENGLISH TRAVELLER, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED
Publication: London: Printed for R.L. and M.P. and are to be sold by J. Starkey and M. Pitt at the Miter in Fleet Street, 1678
Edition: First Edition
Description: Leather-bound. Folio, 13x8 inches. Professionally rebound in half leather with orange cloth over boards. Five raised bands, dark green leather spine label with titles and spine decorations in gilt. Binding tight.
Part 1: [20], 264pp; Part 2: [2], 214pp (with misnumbered pages 58 as 56, 63 as 61); Parts 3 and 4: [6], 97, [8] 107-119 [3], these last being the publisher\'s list of books sold at the Angel in St. Paul\'s Churchyard. 23 full page engraved plates, including one folding (chart of diamonds), text engravings and vignettes.
Note condition: The book was dampstained and expertly repaired. The first 38 pages and most of the last 35 pages are mounted, with much of the text showing lighter, but quite readable. Very Good.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (16051689) was a 17th-century French gem merchant, who, self-financed, made six voyages to Persia and India between the years 1630 and 1668. His total \"mileage\" was said to be at least 120,000 miles.
Seller ID: 83673
Subject: Travel, Exploration
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