'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.'
567.i.19.
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Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.
Author: John-Baptist Tavernier
Publication details: Printed for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St Paul's Churchyard, MDCLXXXIV [1864].
Physical description: Pagination. Vol. 1: [18], 184, 195-264, [2]; [2], 214; [6], 94, [6], 101-113, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates (1 folded). Vol. 2: [8], 154; [12], 14, [2], 15-46, 47-87, [3]; 66 p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded).
Misprinted page numbers. Vol. 1, part I: 176 instead of 169; 169 instead of 176; 201 instead of 209; 202 instead of 210. Vol. 1, part II: 56 instead of 58; 61 instead of 63; 178 instead of 187. Vol. 1, part III: 13 instead of 30; 49 instead of 48. Vol. 2, part II: 93 instead of 39.
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- 1 volume (898 pages)
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The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references which covers all four books within the volume. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles anf page references. There is an alphabetic index at the end of Books I and II and a separate alphabetic index of place names which accompanies the map at the beginning of book IV.
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Dimensions: 306 x 200mm
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- English in Latin script
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- 567.i.19.
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- 1684 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--TravelMogul Empire--HistoryMoney--Asia--Early works to 1800Iran--Description and travel--Early works to 1800India--Description and travel--Early works to 1800Japan--Description and travel--Early works to 1800Turkey--Court and courtiers--Early works to 1800India--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800Vietnam--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
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- Jean-Baptiste TavernierHenry OldenburgFrançois BernierFrancis HargraveJohn PhillipsEdmund Everard
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'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.', British Library: Printed Collections, 567.i.19., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023560208.0x000001> [accessed 29 March 2024]
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- 567.i.19.
- Title
- 'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:18, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:50, 50a:50b, 51:56, 56a:56b, 57:86, 86a:86b, 87:128, 128a:128b, 129:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 195:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258b, 259:264, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:8, 8a:8b, 9:10, 10a:10b, 11:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:148, 148a:148d, 149:150, 150a:150b, 151:152, 152a:152b, 153:166, 166a:166b, 167:214, 1:6, 1:114, 1:8, 1:154, 1:18, 1:14, 14a:14f, 15:16, 16a:16b, 17:22, 22a:22b, 23:46, 46a:46h, 47:52, 52a:52b, 53:92, 1:66, v-r:v-v, back-i
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- Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--Travel
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