TAVERNIER, John Baptista. The Six Voyages...through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies...to which is added the description of the Seraglio...made English by J. P., London: Robert Littlebury, 1678 [titles dated 1677-80], 4 parts in one volume, folding engraved map and 32 engraved plates, most folding (general title lightly stained, 2 plates cropped at margins, old marginal annotation to one plate), contemporary calf (worn). Sold not subject to return. [Sinkankas 6504; Wing 256A]

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TAVERNIER, John Baptista. The Six Voyages...through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies...to which is added the description of the Seraglio...made English by J. P., London: Robert Littlebury, 1678 [titles dated 1677-80], 4 parts in one volume, folding engraved map and 32 engraved plates, most folding (general title lightly stained, 2 plates cropped at margins, old marginal annotation to one plate), contemporary calf (worn). Sold not subject to return. [Sinkankas 6504; Wing 256A]

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"This work is much prized by historians and geographers for its detailed accounts of the places visited by Tavernier, form 1631 to 1668, the sights seen, and his dealings with politically important persons at the time when reliable reports from the Near East and the Orient were scanty or lacking altogether." (Sinkankas)

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