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JEAN DE THEVENOT – TRAVELS INTO THE LEVANT
3 parts in 1 book. H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, London, 1687. 1. part; 292s., 2. part; 200 p., 3. part; 114 p., 31x20 cm, 4 full page engravings. In leather spine, marbled hard cover, renewed luxurious binding. Binding, pages and engravings are in very good condition.
THE WIDELY KNOWN 17TH CENTURY TRAVEL TO THE EAST OF FAMOUS JEAN DE THEVENOT WHO IS THE PIONEER OF PORTRAYING ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE EASTERN PEOPLE…
IN DECEMBER OF 1655 THEVENOT CAME TO ISTANBUL AND LEFT IN AUGUST 1656. AFTER FINISHING HIS TRAVEL BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ISTANBUL'S MOSQUES, NEIGHBORHOODS, TURKISH BATHS, DAILY LIFE, TURKISH CUSTOMS, CLOTHES, FOOD AND PLAYS; IN 1633 HE TRAVELED TO INDIA OVER SYRIA AND MESOPOTAMIA AND THEN BACK TO IRAN.
CONSISTING OF 3 CHAPTERS, THE FIRST VOLUME TITLED "TURKEY" WAS PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1665 . THE SHORTER VOLUMES, VOLUME II “IRAN” AND VOLUME III “EASTERN INDIA” WAS PUBLISHED AFTER THEVENOTS’S DEATH IN 1674 AND 1684.
THIS COPY IS THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, PRINTED IN 1687…
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