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
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3080942
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],2,[18],264,[2],214,[8],119,[3]p., plates . fol.. 24 leaves of plates (2 folded).. Binding: Eighteenth-century calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with red morocco title label and date stamp on spine. Blue sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689)