Voyages de Mr. Le Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et Autres Lieux de l’Orient
Amsterdam: Jean Louis de Lorme, c. 1711. 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;. 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. Item #B5376
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;.
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