The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, . a noble man of France now living, through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies, finished in the year 1670. Giving an account of the state of those countries. Illustrated with divers sculptures. Together with a new relation of the present Grand Seignor's Seraglio, by the same author. Made English by J.P. To which is added a description of all the Kingdoms which encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas. By an English traveller, never before printed.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 3080941
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],2,[18],264,[2],214,[8],119,[3]p., plates . fol.. Ms. inscription on rear flyleaf: C:R:U:. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: James Hamilton [i.e.: probably James Hamilton of Bangor (d.1707)]. Armorial bookplate, 19th century: lettered: 'Bangor' (not in Franks). manuscript inscription on rear flyleaf stub [seventeenth-century]: James Stephenson.. Binding: Seventeeth-century full calf; quarter blind fillet sewn onto five raised cords; red spine label: 'Taverners Voyage'. Conserved by Matthew Hatton July 1982.
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689)