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Travels in Persia, 1673-1677
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Author/Editor: Sir John Chardin
ISBN 10:0486256367
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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 cu...  read more
 


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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.
Reprint of Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia, The Argonaut Press, London, 1927.
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ISBN 10: 0486256367
ISBN 13: 9780486256368
Author/Editor: Sir John Chardin
Format: Book
Page Count: 336
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 8 1/4
Publication date: April 1988

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