The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys . through Italy, Greece, Muscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia: Containing remarks and observations upon the manners, religion, polities, customs and laws of the inhabitants; and a description of their several cities, towns, forts, and places of strength: together with an account of the authors many dangers by shipwreck, robbery, slavery, hunger, torture, and the like. And two narratives of the taking of Astracan by the Cossacks, sent from Captain D. Butler. Illustrated with copper plates, designed and taken from the life by the author himself. Done out of Dutch, by Johh [sic] Morrison.
Jan Janszoon Struys (d.1694)
Category
Books
Date
1684
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141898
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22],378,[10]p., [21] leaves of plates ([20] folded) . ill.. . 4to.. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions: "Nathl. Curzon" and "1765-1684 = 81"; Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full leather binding; double blind fillet border; double blind fillet panel with blind stamped cornerpieces; spine blind decorated and blind lettered: "Struys Travels".
Makers and roles
Jan Janszoon Struys (d.1694) Captain David Butler John Morrison (fl.17th century)