Middle East.- Chardin (Sir John) The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies..., first edition, engraved portrait by D.Loggan and additional pictorial title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and initials, folding engraved map and 16 plates, most double-page and/or folding, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of main text and half-title to Coronation of Solyman III, some light soiling or browning, folding map and plate of Kashan torn, marginal tear to plate of Teflis at fold, plate of Sultanie shaved at edges, engraved bookplate, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing C2043], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1686. ⁂ Published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was born in Paris but emigrated to England with the persecution of the Protestants, where he became court jeweller to Charles II.
Middle East.- Chardin (Sir John) The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies..., first edition, engraved portrait by D.Loggan and additional pictorial title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and initials, folding engraved map and 16 plates, most double-page and/or folding, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of main text and half-title to Coronation of Solyman III, some light soiling or browning, folding map and plate of Kashan torn, marginal tear to plate of Teflis at fold, plate of Sultanie shaved at edges, engraved bookplate, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing C2043], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1686. ⁂ Published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was born in Paris but emigrated to England with the persecution of the Protestants, where he became court jeweller to Charles II.
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