Travels in Persia, 1673-1677
โ Scribed by Sir John Chardin
- Publisher
- INscribe Digital;Dover Publications
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 384
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
First inexpensive edition of great travel classic offers detailed, sharply observed portrait of 17th-century Persia. Vivid record of life at court of Shah: lavish banquets and entertainments, diplomatic negotiations, intrigues and cruelty, more. Also, soil and climate, flora and fauna, manners and customs, trade and manufacture, and many other aspects. 9 illustrations.
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