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Travels of Sir John Chardin, First Vol, 1686

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Travels of Sir John Chardin, First Vol, 1686
CHARDIN, JOHN, SIR. The Travels of Sir John Chardin Into Persia and the East Indies, 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. London: Moses Pitt, 1686. 4to (12 1/2 x 8). Half calf and brown cloth. Spine with five raised bands, gilt borders, and gilt dark brown label. Engraved frontispiece and first title page, engraved illustrations, multiple fold-out. Appears complete.  Good-Fair. Fading, rubbing to cloth. Toning and foxing. Some soiling to fold-out engravings and several have large dampstains. Small ink stains/splatters pp. 390-391 and 250-251, possibly elsewhere.