The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier
Title
The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier
Alternative Title
Full title: The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier : a noble man of France now living, through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies, finished in the year 1670 : giving an account of the state of those countries : illustrated with divers sculptures : together with a new relation of the present Grand Seignor's seraglio by the same author / made English by J.P. : to which is added a description of all the kingdoms which encompass the Euxine and Caspian seas : by an English traveller, never before printed.
Creator
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, 1605-1689
Publisher
London : printed for R[obert]. L[ittlebury]. and M[oses]. P[itt]. and are to be sold by John Starkey at the Miter in Fleet-street, near Temple Bar, and Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-Yard
Date
1678
Format
[2], 2, [18], 264, [2], 214, [8], 119, [3] pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; (fol.)
Description
A translation, by John Phillips, of: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste. Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
The second part has separate title page with imprint "printed in the year, 1678", pagination and register.
Leaf *2E4 is blank.
Includes index.
"A new relation of the inner-part of the Grand Seignor's seraglio·" has separate title page, with imprint "printed, and sold by R L. and Moses Pitt. 1677.", pagination and register.
"A short description of all the kingdoms which encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, delivered by the author" has separate title page, with imprint "printed for R. L. and Moses Pytt. 1677."; pagination and register continuous from "A new relation."
Printer's name from Wing CD.
The second part has separate title page with imprint "printed in the year, 1678", pagination and register.
Leaf *2E4 is blank.
Includes index.
"A new relation of the inner-part of the Grand Seignor's seraglio·" has separate title page, with imprint "printed, and sold by R L. and Moses Pitt. 1677.", pagination and register.
"A short description of all the kingdoms which encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, delivered by the author" has separate title page, with imprint "printed for R. L. and Moses Pytt. 1677."; pagination and register continuous from "A new relation."
Provenance
Presented by: Seymour Schulich [Gift2015]
Lacking ²M2-4 (pages 85-90, 3rd sequence)
Lacking ²M2-4 (pages 85-90, 3rd sequence)
Contributor
Phillips, John, 1631-1706, translator
Schulich, Seymour, donor.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Schulich, Seymour, donor.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1678 .T38 folio
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T256
ESTC R17557
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T256
ESTC R17557
Collection
Citation
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, 1605-1689, “The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/218.