Details
[SANSON d'Abbeville, Nicolas]. Estat prsent du Royaume de Perse. Paris: widow of Jacques Langlois, Jacques Langlois and Jacques Colombat, 1694. 12 (165 x 92mm). 5 engraved plates (2 folding). (Signature partially removed from title.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with red morocco lettering-piece (joints a trifle weak, light scuffing to extremities).
The present edition is much rarer at auction than the subsequent edition of 1695, which included a frontispiece and a folding map. An account of the Christian mission to Persia in 1683, an English translation appeared in 1695.
The present edition is much rarer at auction than the subsequent edition of 1695, which included a frontispiece and a folding map. An account of the Christian mission to Persia in 1683, an English translation appeared in 1695.