Chardin, John Sir 1643-1713

Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient : Enrichis de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les antiquités & les choses remarquables du païs / Par John Chardin. - Nouvelle edition - Amsterdam : Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1735. - 4 v. : ill., ports., maps (some folded), plans, tables ; 25 cm.

Title pages printed in red and black, Text ornamented with woodcut and engraved initials and head-pieces.

Includes indexes

Tome 1. (1735; [16], 390, [2] p., XVIII leaves of plates; Tome 2. (1735; [4], 359, [1] p., XXXIV-LXXVIII leaves of plates) Tome 3. (1735; [8], 437, [3] p., XIX-XXXIII leaves of plates) Tome 4. (1735; [8], 324, [32] p., 1 leaf of plates (numbered LXXIX)


Middle East--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Iran--Description and travel--Early works to 1800