Lot 66
Chardin, John, Sir
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£1,250
Description
The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies... London: printed for Moses Pitt, 1686. First edition, volume 1 (all published) folio, engraved portrait, additional engraved title, folding map and 16 engraved plates (12 of which are folding), contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, later label, some rubbing to covers at corners and hinges cracking, some dampstaining to upper corners of plates and text, occasional soiling and darkening to some pages, several plates torn and repaired, other small marginal tears with no loss of text
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire