10 volumes. With 77 copper-engraved plates, including the map and frontispiece, 30 of them folding (one plate is loose, laid into Vol. X, slightly larger format so folded in half, evidently supplied from another copy); 4 folding letterpress-printed tables (in Vol. V). (12mo) 16x9.5 cm (6¼x3¾"), period calf, spines gilt, raised bands. Travels to and an extended residence in Persia, with a notable array of finely engraved plates. The author, Jean Chardin (1643-1713) was a jeweler's son who first arrived in Persia in 1666, traveling on to India before returning to Paris in 1669. Venturing again to Persia, he stayed from 1673 to 1677, during which period Shah Abbas II made him his agent for purchasing jewels; after Abbas's death he was embedded in the court of Suleiman I, having been present at his coronation. This gave him not only access to the highest circles of Persian society but also to the country and its monuments. Although French travelers had been in Iran from the beginning of the eighteenth century (Henri de Feynes passed through en route to China), Chardin's account is easily the most complete of the period. Institutional markings from the 19th century to title pages and endpapers.
10 volumes. With 77 copper-engraved plates, including the map and frontispiece, 30 of them folding (one plate is loose, laid into Vol. X, slightly larger format so folded in half, evidently supplied from another copy); 4 folding letterpress-printed tables (in Vol. V). (12mo) 16x9.5 cm (6¼x3¾"), period calf, spines gilt, raised bands. Travels to and an extended residence in Persia, with a notable array of finely engraved plates. The author, Jean Chardin (1643-1713) was a jeweler's son who first arrived in Persia in 1666, traveling on to India before returning to Paris in 1669. Venturing again to Persia, he stayed from 1673 to 1677, during which period Shah Abbas II made him his agent for purchasing jewels; after Abbas's death he was embedded in the court of Suleiman I, having been present at his coronation. This gave him not only access to the highest circles of Persian society but also to the country and its monuments. Although French travelers had been in Iran from the beginning of the eighteenth century (Henri de Feynes passed through en route to China), Chardin's account is easily the most complete of the period. Institutional markings from the 19th century to title pages and endpapers.
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