THEVENOT, Jean de. Relation d' un Voyage fait au Levant dans laquelle il est Curieusement Traite des Estats sujets au Grand Seigneur, des Moeurs, Religions, Forces, Gouuernemens, Politiques, Langues, & coustumes des Habitans de ce grand Empire, Rouen & Paris: Louis Billaine (part I) and Charles Angot (part II), 1665-74. Parts I and II only (of 3) in 2 volumes, small 4 (232 x 174mm.), engraved frontispiece by F. Chauveau after Stephanus Picart, 3 full-page engraved illustrations (portrait re-hinged, occasional light spotting and browning), 19th-century tan morocco gilt (extremities lightly rubbed), g.e. Part I second edition; Part II FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1650: "Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant." (2)

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THEVENOT, Jean de. Relation d' un Voyage fait au Levant dans laquelle il est Curieusement Traite des Estats sujets au Grand Seigneur, des Moeurs, Religions, Forces, Gouuernemens, Politiques, Langues, & coustumes des Habitans de ce grand Empire, Rouen & Paris: Louis Billaine (part I) and Charles Angot (part II), 1665-74. Parts I and II only (of 3) in 2 volumes, small 4 (232 x 174mm.), engraved frontispiece by F. Chauveau after Stephanus Picart, 3 full-page engraved illustrations (portrait re-hinged, occasional light spotting and browning), 19th-century tan morocco gilt (extremities lightly rubbed), g.e. Part I second edition; Part II FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1650: "Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant." (2)

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