TAVERNIER, Jean Baptiste. The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, through Turkey into Persia and the East-Indies, finished in the year 1670, London: R.L & M.P. for John Starkey and Moses Pitt, 1678, 2 parts in one volume, 2°, 24 engraved plates [Blackmer 1631; Wing T256] [bound with:] A New Relation of the Inner-Part of the Grand Seignor's Seraglio, London: 1677, 2° FIRST ENGLISH EDITION [Blackmer 1630; Wing T253] [bound with:] A Short Description of all the Kingdoms which Encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, London: for R. L. and Moses Pytt, 1677, 2°, together 3 works in one volume, contemporary calf (rebacked).

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TAVERNIER, Jean Baptiste. The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, through Turkey into Persia and the East-Indies, finished in the year 1670, London: R.L & M.P. for John Starkey and Moses Pitt, 1678, 2 parts in one volume, 2°, 24 engraved plates [Blackmer 1631; Wing T256] [bound with:] A New Relation of the Inner-Part of the Grand Seignor's Seraglio, London: 1677, 2° FIRST ENGLISH EDITION [Blackmer 1630; Wing T253] [bound with:] A Short Description of all the Kingdoms which Encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, London: for R. L. and Moses Pytt, 1677, 2°, together 3 works in one volume, contemporary calf (rebacked).

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The first edition of volumes I and II of The Six Voyages was printed in Paris in 1676-77. The third part of this work appeared in 1679 when parts I and II were also reprinted. The author made these voyages to the East between 1643 and 1668. On his return from his last boyage he was recognised by Louis XIV, to whom he had sold millions of livres of diamonds and other jewels amassed during his travels, which were all commercial ventures. He was granted a patent of nobility for his contribution to the establishment of French trade in Asia -- he had indicated the only possible trade routes to the East and made it possible for others to follow him. (Blackmer)

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