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CHARDIN, John

Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies

London
Moses Pitt
1686

€1.200 - €1.600

"2 parts in 1 vol. in-folio (31 x 19,5 cm), [14] 1-264, 331-417 - [1 bl.] ; [10] - 154 - [5] pp, engraved portrait (dated 1643), engraved title, one folding map (Black Sea and surroundings, 16 plates. Ms. ex libris on title-page. Tear without loss in pp. 109, 401 and 402 of part 1. Paper slightly age-toned, a few occasional (water)stains. Old leather binding, red edges, spine renewed, first hinge broken, corners repaired"

First English edition published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was driven from France by the persecution of the Protestants. Settling in London he soon became court jeweler to Charles II. The present account describes his travels as agent for the purchase of jewels to Shah Solyman III, and his journeys to Russia and India in 1664-1669 and 1671-1677. In pages 242-54 the authors describes his travels in Armenia, with views of Yerevan and Etchmiadzin. Ref. Cox I, pp. 249-250

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