THEVENOT, Jean de. The Travels ... into the Levant, London: for H. Clark [and others], 1687, 3 parts in one volume, 2°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, engraved portrait and 3 plates (a few small rust holes in text leaves, single wormhole at upper margin from beginning to U3 of part II, occasional light staining), contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). [Wing T887]

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THEVENOT, Jean de. The Travels ... into the Levant, London: for H. Clark [and others], 1687, 3 parts in one volume, 2°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, engraved portrait and 3 plates (a few small rust holes in text leaves, single wormhole at upper margin from beginning to U3 of part II, occasional light staining), contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). [Wing T887]

Provenance

"Cathereine Henley, Her Booke, Given her by Mrs. Porter at Southampton, October 20, 1695," inscription on front free endpaper.

Lot Essay

First published in Paris, 1663-84, the second and third parts appearing after Thevenot's death near Tabriz in 1667. The Travels are said by Leonora Navari to "mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant."

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