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."

Provenance

Presented by: Seymour Schulich [Gift2015]
Lacking ²M2-4 (pages 85-90, 3rd sequence)

Contributor

Phillips, John, 1631-1706, translator
Schulich, Seymour, donor.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

Language

English

Identifier

Dated 1678 .T38 folio
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T256
ESTC R17557

Files

Dated 1678 T38 folio.jpg
Dated 1678 T38 folio-Banyan.jpg

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.