!['The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.' [‎223] (258/594)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023512011.0x000001/ORW.1986.b.10_0263.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.' [‎223] (258/594)")
'The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.' [223] (258/594)
The record is made up of 1 volume (505 pages). It was created in 1691. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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through the Black-Sea, and th Countrj of Colchis. 225
1. It is in the Perfiatiy They which
giveV;;/ to urderjiand. For fo the Grandees of 'Perfia write to
the Inferiour Cfficers: efpecially when thole Officers have
their dependance upon 'em. This they do to maintain the
difFerence which their Authority and Imployment,puts between
'em : and that there may not be any confufion by their manner
of Cotntnunieatioh one with another.
iThe Word which I have Trinflated Wardrobe is
Which fignifles properly Chief and alfo
a Magazine. For the King and the Grandees of Terfia keep
in their Houfes Manufactures of all forts of Trades and Arts.
They call rhofe places Carcone, or They are
like the Gallery of the Grand Duke of or the Gal
leries in the Louvre in France. They maintain therein a great
number of excellent Maftefs^ who have there a Penfion and
their Dyet as long as they Live: and they find 'em Materials
for their Work. And they make 'em Prefents, or advance
their pay upon every Curious Piece which they finifh.
5. 'Tis out of Pride and Vainglory that they exprels therri-
lelves in theie Terms. Worthy
the Kjng. As much as to fay, that the Kings Wardrobe is lb
full of rare and pretious Jewels, that no body can bring any
thing that is fit to be put therein. And therefore Elo
quence makes very much ufe of this Circumlocution of Lan
guage upon all occafions. So fpeaking of an AmbalXidor that
has pay'd his Obeyfance to the King, they fay,
kifs'd the Feet of the Slaves of Kjng. In like manner;
when they would fay, that the King has pefform'd any great
Adion, they fay, The Slaves of
a great ASiion. Forms of Speech that fufficiently difcover the
Vanity of theEaftern People. I take em to be drawn from
the Alcoran^ which the Mahometans affirm to be the foiirce of
true Eloquence. There you (hall meet with many fuch like
Expreffions. As for Example, fpeaking of the Works of
GODj they call 'em, The Works
Created the Heavens and the Earth Which, fay the Mahome
tans, more clearly exprefles the Power of GOD. For if the
Angels have fb much Power as to Create Worlds, how great
muft be his Power whofe only Servants and Minifters they ate ?
In fhortj all the Orientals are perfect Slaves j their Soveraigns
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The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of this present king of Persia, Solyman the III.
Publication details: London: printed for Christopher Bateman, 1691.
Holding notes: Imperfect, only 16 plates present.
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- 1 volume (505 pages)
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The volume contains two sections, an account the travels and an account of the Coronation. There is an index to the account of the travels, which begins after page 417; and a table, similar to an index, for the account of the coronation which begins after page 154.
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Dimensions: 304mm x 197mm.
Condition: [14], 417, [7[, [2], 154, [6]p, 25 leaves of plates, iii, map, portrait; 31cm. 2°.
Pagination: p265 to p330 have been omitted; the pages between p398 and p403 have been numbered as follows: p402, p400, p401, p399.
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- ORW.1986.b.10
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- 'The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:xi-v, 1:208, 208a:208d, 209:216, 216a:216b, 217:244, 244a:244b, 245:246, 246a:246b, 247:248, 248a:248d, 249:264, 331:352, 352a:352d, 353:374, 374a:374b, 375:390, 390a:390f, 391:398, 402, 400:401, 399, 403:410, 410a:410d, 411:412, 412a:412b, 413:426, 1:40, 40a:40b, 41:170, back-i
- Author
- Chardin, Sir John xx Jean-Baptiste Chardin
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- Public Domain