[Tavernier] - Les Six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier Écu - Lot 190

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[Tavernier] - Les Six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier Écu - Lot 190
[Tavernier] - Les Six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier Écuyer Baron d'Aubonne, en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes, pendant l'espace de quarante ans, par toutes les routes que l'on peut tenir; accompagnez d'observations particulières sur la qualité, la religion, le gouvernement, les coutumes le commerce de chaque païs, avec les figures, le poids la valeur des monnoyes qui y ont cours / Recueil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers curieux, de J.B. Tavernier... qui n'ont pas été mis dans ses six premiers voyages... Paris, s.n., 1692. 3 strong in-12 volumes bound in full contemporary calf, ribbed spine, red title and giblets - T I: first spine split, second spine and head cap restored, T II and III, beginning of split spine - [17 ff., title, epitre au Roy, dessein de l'auteur, table des figures], 782 pp, [5 ff.] : [6 ff. title, table, table des figures], 616 pp; [4 ff. title, epitre au Roy, tables], 564 pp, [3 pp. table]. Illustrated with an engraved allegorical frontispiece dated 1679, portrait of Tavernier, 2 folding maps (Japan and Tonkin), 44 pll. h-t of which 36 folded, and 2 fig. in-t (for coins). The first volume deals with Turkey and Persia; the second, with the Indies and neighbouring islands, with a chapter on Asian coins; the third, with Japan, trade in the Indies, the kingdom of Tonkin, the conduct of the Dutch in Asia, and ends with a report on the interior of the seraglio. For 40 years, Tavernier led an adventurous existence as a trader in fabrics and precious stones throughout the Orient, amassing an immense fortune. He sold over three million worth to Louis XIV alone, who ennobled him for services to French commerce. His six voyages took him to Turkey, Persia, India, Sumatra and Java. In India, he discovered Agra and the famous kingdom of Golconde, then the great center of diamond production and cutting.
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