Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste:

$12,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE SIX VOYAGES OF JOHN BAPTISTA TAVERNIER...THROUGH TURKY [sic] INTO PERSIA, AND THE EAST-INDIES, FINISHED IN THE YEAR 1670...TOGETHER WITH A NEW RELATION OF THE PRESENT GRAND SEIGNOR'S ... A fine gathering in a single volume of the early English translations of Tavernier's renowned and informative accounts of his travels in Asia. Lach refers to the author as "one of the most celebrated travelers of the seventeenth century and one of its greatest authorities on the routes of Eastern travel and on the diamond mines of India." The son of a Parisian geographer, Tavernier completed six overland journeys to Turkey, Persia, and India between 1631 and 1668. "In 1676-77 at Paris, Tavernier published in two volumes Les Six Voyages, one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. The first volume is centered on Turkey and Persia; the second on India, Ceylon, and the East Indies. By 1712 this work was reprinted at least six times in French, three times in English, and one time each in German, Dutch, and Italian" - Lach.The Six Voyages... records Tavernier's extensive travels through India, Ceylon, Indonesia, and Persia. Lach writes that the Voyages, "are rich in materials on routes, traveling conditions, trading practices, the mines of Golconda [in India], and the Dutch and English activities in the East. While Tavernier's contemporaries debated the authenticity of the VOYAGES, modern scholars agree that they constitute a valuable source for Indian history during the years fr

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