HERBERT, Sir Thomas (1606-1682). Some yeares travels into ... Asia and Afrique. Describing especially the two famous Empires, the Persian, and great Mogull. London: R.Bi[sho]p. for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop 1638. 2 (292 x 188mm). Engraved additional title, 46 engraved illustrations (including maps and views). (Titles browned and somewhat tattered at edges, engraved title with small hole, occasional small tears, marginal in the main, but occasionally affecting text area, some old creasing.) Contemporary calf (rebacked) Provenance : unidentified early 18th-century inscriptions. Second edition. Herbert accompanied the mission led by Sir Dodmore Cotton to the court of the King of Persia, arriving in the Persian Gulf in January 1627-8. Cotton died in July of the same year, but Herbert continued, making an extensive tour of the kingdom and returning to England at the end of 1629. The first edition was published in 1634. STC 13191; Sabin 31471.
HERBERT, Sir Thomas (1606-1682). Some yeares travels into ... Asia and Afrique. Describing especially the two famous Empires, the Persian, and great Mogull. London: R.Bi[sho]p. for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop 1638. 2 (292 x 188mm). Engraved additional title, 46 engraved illustrations (including maps and views). (Titles browned and somewhat tattered at edges, engraved title with small hole, occasional small tears, marginal in the main, but occasionally affecting text area, some old creasing.) Contemporary calf (rebacked) Provenance : unidentified early 18th-century inscriptions. Second edition. Herbert accompanied the mission led by Sir Dodmore Cotton to the court of the King of Persia, arriving in the Persian Gulf in January 1627-8. Cotton died in July of the same year, but Herbert continued, making an extensive tour of the kingdom and returning to England at the end of 1629. The first edition was published in 1634. STC 13191; Sabin 31471.
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