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The Travels of Sir John Chardin Into Persia and the East-Indies. Through the Black-Sea and the Country of Colchis. The First Volume Containing the Author’s Voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added The Coronation of this Present King of Persia Solyman the Third.

1686rif. B6871London: Moses Pitt. 1686. Corners bumped some wear to extremities. Interior largely clean and crisp; occasional tears or edgewear. Pgs. 357/8 with tear and marginal piece lacking at front edge text affected by tear but present. Pagination jumps from 264 to 331 but text continuous. . Edition: First English Edition. Binding: Full contemporary calf boards rebacked in matching style. Spine with 5 raised bands title in gilt on black label in 2 blind motifs stamped in remaining compartments. New pasted and free endpapers. Top edges black front and bottom red. Notes: Narrow Folio 322 x 195 mm. Jean John Chardin 1643-1713 was a French jeweller and traveller whose Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Safavid Iran and the near East in general. Only the first of ten volumes was translated into English which was published concurrently with the French version; this volume covers the author's journey from Paris to Ispahan and contains the author's half-length portrait by Loggan in addition to 18 copper plates mostly folding. In 1664 Chardin started for the East Indies and journeyed by Constantinople and the Black Sea reaching Persia in 1666. That same year the shah Abbas II made Chardin his agent for the purchase of jewels. In the middle of 1667 Chardin visited India and returned to Persia in 1669. The next year he arrived in Paris. He issued an account of some events to which he was an eyewitness in Persia entitled 'Le Couronnement de Soleiman Troisième' Paris 1671. A learned nobleman Mirza Sefi a prisoner in his own palace at Isfahan had entertained Chardin instructed him in the Persian language and assisted him in this work. Chardin again started for the East in 1671 and was at Constantinople from March to July of 1672. A quarrel between the grand vizier and the French ambassador made the position of French subjects dangerous and Chardin escaped across the Black Sea. He stayed at Ispahan for four years and made various journeys throughout the land from the Caspian to the Persian Gulf and the river Indus visiting several Indian cities. In 1681 Chardin emigrated to England and a few years later he was appointed to the East India Company; during this time he had a chance to work on the publication of his memoirs assisted by John Evelyn. Size: Narrow Folio Illustration: A very good example of this First English Edition of Chardin’s voyages. Complete with 19 engraved plates and maps; including a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved titlepage a map of the Black Sea and surrounding countries an important map of Iran and 16 numbered plates of which 12 folding. Including bird’s-eye views of the cities of Teflis Irivan Tabriz Kaschan and others. With additional engraved vignettes and historiated initials. Plate “Ecs-Miazin commonly called the Three Churches” numbered in index as 9 10 plate itself numbered 9 9. Pages: P. Blank. Frontispiece. Engraved title. Blank. Title. Printer’s colophon. Dedication 4. Preface 7. Blank. Folding map. First book: pp. 1-417. Blank. Index 5. Blank 2. Plate index. // The Coronation of Solyman III. The Present King of Persia: title. Blank. P. 1-154. Table 5. Blank. Category: Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Voyages General; Moses Pitt. hardcover

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Voyages du Chevalier Chardin en Perse Et Autres Lieux de L’Orient. Enrichis D’Un grand Nombre De Belles Figures en Taille-Douce Representant Les Antiquites et Les Choses Remarquables du Pays

1811rif. B4638Paris: Le Normant c. 1811. A fine example of this work. Plates and text are in very good condition; generally clean and crisp. . Edition: New Edition Binding: Atlas volume rebacked tastefully in half calf saving the original marbled boards. Decorative red and gilt centerpiece on upper board with gilt title. Ten 8vo 216x135mm text volumes with full brown cloth boards. With black calf labels with gilt text. Notes: Text is in French. This 1811 edition is based on Chardin’s classic account of life and society in Persia complete with new plates coincided with renewed French imperial ambitions aimed at rivaling the British possessions in India. Chardin a Frenchman was the son of a jeweller. He set out in company with a Lyon merchant named Raisin in 1665 for Persia and India. After a highly successful journey during which he had received the patronage of Shah Abbas II of Persia he returned to France in 1670. He set out again for Persia in August 1671. This second journey was much more adventurous than the first and did not reach Isfahan till June 1673. In Isfahan he was appointed the Shah's personal jeweler by Suleiman I. During this time he was allowed to engage in an extended tour through much of Persia. Through the course of this tour Chardain was able to study the culture government and religion in detail. After four years spent in research throughout Persia he again visited India and returned to Europe. In 1681 he settled in London where he was appointed jeweller to the court of Charles II. Sir John Chardin's narrative has received the highest praise from the most competent authorities for its fullness comprehensiveness and fidelity; and it furnished Montesquieu Rousseau Gibbon and Helvétius with most important material. Size: Folio 338x510mm. Illustration: The atlas volume is illustrated with 65 sheets bearing 86 engravings which include: a frontis portrait of Chardin two maps of which one is a folding map of Persia and the other a map of the Black Sea 9 additional folded sheets 18 double plate sheets 1 quadruple plate sheet plus single plate sheets. Volume: 11 vol.10 text-1 atlas References: Weber 381; Graesse II 13; Wilson 40 Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Europe France; Le Normant hardcover

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Jean ChardinBiblio.com

Voyages de Mr. Le Chevalier Chardin en Perse et Autres Lieux de l’Orient

1711rif. B5376Amsterdam: Jean Louis de Lorme c. 1711. Covers worn occasional chipping at top and bottom of spines and occasional short tears due to attachment to the book otherwise very good. This set contains 8 of 10 volumes. It is missing volumes V and IX. . Edition: 4th edition Binding: Contemporary full calf. Spine in six compartments of raised bands. Gilt text on morocco label on 2. Gilt ornamentation on 1 3 4 5 and 6. All edges speckled. Gilt dentelles on all edges. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. Notes: Text is in French. This is the fourth and most sought after edition of this work. Jean Chardin 1643 – 1713 was a French jeweller and traveler whose ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and the Near East in general. "Chardin’s massive work along with many other accounts of travel to exotic lands contributed to formation of one of the great streams of European knowledge leading to what Paul Hazard called "la crise de la conscience européenne" and hence to the Enlightenment. Some of his ideas for example on the influence of climate on man had a considerable impact and his work was read and commented on favorably by a number of great 18th-century figures like Charles-Louis de Montesquieu Edward Gibbon Voltaire Jean-Jacques Rousseau and William Jones." Emerson. Size: 12mo 165x96mm. Illustration: Vol I illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author a vignette and a folding plate. Vol II: 9 folding plates. Vol III: 7 folding plates. Vol IV: 6 folding plates. Vol VI: 5 folding plates. Vol VII: published with no illustrations. Vol VIII: 16 folding plates. Vol X: published with no illustrations. Volume: 8 Vols out of 10 References: Atabey 219; Chahine 912. Category: Book Voyages General; Book Asia Middle East Iran; Jean Louis de Lorme hardcover

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