In three parts. Viz. into I. Turkey. II. Persia. III. The East-Indies.
London, H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, booksellers in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1687
Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant' (Blackmer).
Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his description of his journeys for publication, which describe Constantinople, the Archipelago, Asia Minor, and Egypt. He left Paris in 1663 and travelled through Syria and Persia to India, dying near Tabriz in 1667.
During his time in central India, he 'systematically sought information on other parts of the Mughal Empire from native informants and other intinerant Europeans... because Thevenot was a tireless observer and researcher he provides occasional new materials in his systematic surveys of the imperial provinces... tucked into these methodical paragraphs are occasional sidelights and acute observations which are novel' (Lach, III, p.807).
First English edition. 3 parts in 1, folio [38], 291, [3], 108, 105-200, [2], 93, [1], 91-114, [4]pp., with an engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, each part with separate title-page,contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered with new endpapers by Zaehnsdorf (1958), preserving old lettering piece, a very good copy.
Wing T887; cf. Blackmer 1650 (French ed.); Rohricht 1104; Tobler p.106; Gay 133 (note).
Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his description of his journeys for publication, which describe Constantinople, the Archipelago, Asia Minor, and Egypt. He left Paris in 1663 and travelled through Syria and Persia to India, dying near Tabriz in 1667.
During his time in central India, he 'systematically sought information on other parts of the Mughal Empire from native informants and other intinerant Europeans... because Thevenot was a tireless observer and researcher he provides occasional new materials in his systematic surveys of the imperial provinces... tucked into these methodical paragraphs are occasional sidelights and acute observations which are novel' (Lach, III, p.807).
First English edition. 3 parts in 1, folio [38], 291, [3], 108, 105-200, [2], 93, [1], 91-114, [4]pp., with an engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, each part with separate title-page,contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered with new endpapers by Zaehnsdorf (1958), preserving old lettering piece, a very good copy.
Wing T887; cf. Blackmer 1650 (French ed.); Rohricht 1104; Tobler p.106; Gay 133 (note).
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