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3 volumes 4to (250 x 192 mm) 1 engraved portrait as frontispiece, 4 unn.l., 279 pp., 18 engraved numbred plated (including 10 folded) for the tome 1; 454 pp. , engraved plates numbered 19 to 33 (including 7 folded) for volume II; 254 pp. 13 unn.l. engraved plates numbered 34 to 78 (including 40 folded) for volume 3. Brown calf, spine gilt with raised bands, speckled edges (contemporary binding).
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Koç collection, 84a (tirage in-4) ; Atabey, 219 (tirage in-8). Manque à Blackmer.
First complete edition of Chardin's voyage. The rare large-format in-4 edition.
The son of a Protestant jeweller in the Place Dauphine, Chardin made two journeys to Persia and India, staying at length with Shah Abbas II between 1665 and 1680. He hired a skilled draughtsman, Grelot, who reproduced the sites (such as Persepolis), costumes and ceremonies.
On his return from his second voyage, persecution of Protestants in France forced him to settle in England, where he was appointed a Chevalier, devoting his time to the account of his travels, the first part of the manuscript of which was first published in 1686.
This 1711 edition therefore contains the complete account of Chardin's travels. The first volume is devoted to the journey from Paris to Isfahan, volume II continues with a description of the Persian Empire (sciences, arts, politics, and religion), the third and last volume gives details of the city of Isfahan as well as the account of the journey from Isfahan to Bandar-Abassi.
A complete copy of the 78 engraved plates required with a large map of the Black Sea, views (notably of Tiflis, Erivan, Kashan, etc.) and transcriptions of inscriptions and remains. The fine frontispiece portrait was engraved by Thomassin.
"This is the 4to issue, in 3 volumes, of the first complete edition of Chardin's work" (Koç).
Some leaves browned or with small tears; spine skilfully rebound.
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