SIR JOHN CHARDIN – JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DU CHEVALIER CHARDIN EN PERSE ET AUX INDES ORIENTALES

Paris, Chez Danielle Horthemels, 1686. 432 pp., 16x9.5 cm. 15 pages of engravings, 9 folding, 2 full-page, 3 in-text and 1 double, 1 folding map and 1 folding table. Bound in full leather with period gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Atabey 218, Weber 377.

CHARDIN’S RICH AND DETAILED OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF THE TURKISH PEOPLES IN IRAN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE 17TH CENTURY, REFLECTING HIS ADMIRATION FOR EASTERN PEOPLES, AND HIS INSIGHT INTO THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST...

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