Chardin John.ABAA
Voyages de Mr. le chevalier Chardin en Perse et autres lieux de lOrient.
172319664Paris: André Cailleau 1723. 8vo 16.5 cm 6.5". 10 vols. I: Frontis. 10 254 pp.; 1 fold. map. II: 334 pp.; 4 fold. plts. 5 plts. III: 285 1 blank pp.; 4 fold. plts. 3 plts. IV: 280 pp.; 2 fold. plts. 3 plts. V: 312 pp.; 4 fold. tables 5 plts. VI: 328 pp.; 4 plts. VII: 10 15448 i.e. 446 pp. VIII: 255 1 blank pp.; 10 fold. plts. 6 plts. IX: 308 pp.; 1 double-spread fold. plt. 8 fold. plts. 19 plts. X: 22 3220 82 index pp. <br><br>Attractive French edition of Sir John Chardins Persian travelogue originally published in 1686. Brunet calls the account which covers Chardins voyages through India Russia and Persia un des plus intéressants que lon ait publiés in the 18th century; the work was and continues to be a major source of information on contemporary Persian politics government religion and culture.<br>Â Â Â Â The title-pages are printed in red and black and the 10 volumes are illustrated with a total of 79 plates many folding and tables including one map and one frontispiece. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Brunet I 1802. Contemporary speckled calf spines extra gilt; edges joints and extremities rubbed leather in some cases cracked or starting along joints or chipped at spine extremities two spines with compartments chipped. All edges speckled. Front pastedowns each with institutional bookplate front free endpapers rubber-stamped and with inked ownership inscriptions dated 1867 title-pages except for vol. I rubber-stamped reverse of map in vol. I rubber-stamped some vols. with first text page rubber-stamped. Additional plate creased laid in seemingly excised from another work. André Cailleau hardcover books
