A collection of several relations & treatises singular and curious, of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne : Not printed among his first six voyages. : Divided into five parts... [etc]
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Type of record: Book
Title: A collection of several relations & treatises singular and curious, of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne : Not printed among his first six voyages. : Divided into five parts... [etc]
Other titles: Recueil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers & curieux
Classmark: BC Trv q/TAV
Creator(s): Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689)
Additional creator(s): Everard, Edmund (Other)
Related people: Everard, Edmund
Publisher: Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for Moses Pitt
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1680
Language: English
Size and medium: [20], 14, [4], 15-46, [4], 47-87, 66, p., [9] folded leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/281742
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001420679705181
Description
First edition.
Advertisements: first leaf and [2] p. at end.
Head-pieces; initials; ornaments.
Title within double line border.
Parts 3-5 correspond to the second collation and pagination.
Contents:(from t.p.) I. A new and singular relation of the kingdom of Tunquin,... -- II. How the Hollanders manage their affairs in Asia. -- III. A relation of Japon, and the cause of the persecution of the Christians in those islands; ... -- IV. A relation of what passed in the negotiation of the deputies which were at Persia and the Indies, as well on the French king's as the company's behalf, for the establishment of trade. -- V. Observations upon the East India trade, and the frauds there subject to be committed.
Indexed in: Wing T250.
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