CHARDIN (JOHN) The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional pictorial title, title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces, initial, folding map (tape repairs on verso) and 16 plates (most folding, a few with tape repairs on verso and three cropped in within the plate), lacking 'Directions to Binder' leaf and half-title to Coronation of Solyman III at end of first part, slight toning, black stain on upper margin of last c.100 pages, rebacked preserving contemporary boards, folio, Moses Pitt, 1686 Footnotes: Provenance: Sir William Maxwell of Monreith, armorial bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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