A collection of antique French books, Travels of Mr. The Chevalier Chardin, in Persia, and Other Places in the East, by Jean Chardin. Pinlished by Amsterdam, J.L. de Lorme, 1711. Nine volumes. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of Johannes Chardin, one engraved map, seventy nine engraved folding plates and six letterpress folding tables. Contemporary half morocco, gold tooled spine. Stamped with blue stamps inside. First complete edition of the famous voyages of Jean Chardin in Persia, around the Gulf, and other Eastern countries. Jean Chardin, 1643 to 1713, and also known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller 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. On his first trip in 1665 he travelled through Persia and to Isfahan, the Persian capital. Later in 1671 Chardin left again for the East and, meeting with many difficulties and dangers, took two years to reach Persia by way of Constantinople and Southern Russia. From Persia he proceeded to India and returned to France by way of the Cape of Good Hope in 1677. Among the numerous fine engravings are folding views of Tiflis, Erivan, Isfahan, Persepolis, etc., and some beautiful plates of architecture and costumes. Chardin is one of the most detailed observers of the Gulf s pearl fishing in this period.Each volume with an armorial bookplate on pastedown. Antique European French Historical, Travel, and Autobiographical Books for Collectors.

Dimensions: Average 6 3/4" x 4 1/8" x 1" in. All measurements are approximate,