[Rarebooks] FS: TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA, 1686, with map and plates

[Charles Agvent]

CHARDIN, Sir John. THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE 
EAST-INDIES. London: Moses Pitt, 1686. First Edition in English. Folio 
(7-3/4" x 12-1/8") bound in later calf leather recently and 
sympathetically rebacked with a gilt-decorated spine preserving the 
original morocco spine label; [xviii], 264, 331-417, [9], 154, [6] 
pages. Complete with the frontispiece portrait of the author, an 
additional engraved title-page, a folding engraved map of the Black Sea 
and surrounding countries, and 16 plates, 11 of which are folding, along 
with a couple of engravings in the text. Published in English and French 
concurrently in 1686 as Part I of the Travels. Three other volumes, with 
the general title page VOYAGES DE MONS. LE CHEVALIER CHARDIN were 
published in Amsterdam in 1711. The last volume, announced by Chardin in 
his preface to this edition, was never published. THE CORONATION OF 
SOLYMAN III. THE PRESENT KING OF PERSIA, at the end of this volume, is a 
translation of Chardin's LE COURONNEMENT DE SOLEIMAN TROISIÈME, first 
published in Paris in 1671. Includes two indexes, one bound following 
part 1; the other bound at the end. The fine plates include views of the 
cities of Tefflis, Erivan, Tauris, Sultanie, Kom, and Cashan, as well as 
important monuments. Minor soiling and wear, Near Fine.

Chardin was a jewelry merchant who traveled extensively throughout 
Persia in the 1670s and was a keen observer of the area's culture. 
(#017257)        $4,500

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