Lot 197
  • 197

TAVERNIER. THE SIX VOYAGES, THROUGH TURKEY INTO PERSIA, AND THE EAST-INDIES. 1677-78, FOLIO, RED MOROCCO

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • The six voyages ... through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies, finished in the year 1670. London: for R.L. and M.P. ... sold by John Starkey and Moses Pitt, 1678 
Folio (322 x 188mm.), 3 parts in one volume, 21 (of 24) engraved plates, illustrations in text, 3 pp. bookseller's list at end, contemporary crushed RED MOROCCO GILT, spine in compartments richly tooled in gilt, gilt edges, lacking 3 plates, binding slightly marked, spine lightly sunned

Condition

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