Chardin, Sir John: Irivan (Yerevan, Armenia) London, Moses Pitt 1686
Map, Copper engraving, 29.5 x 60.5 cms, black and white, banderole naming Yerevan in Latin and Persian script, blank verso.
Chardin’s “Travels into Persia and the East Indies” were published in English and in his native French. Huguenot traveller, merchant and court jeweller to Charles II, Chardin travelled into Persia via the Black Sea in 1665 and 1671.
£600
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