TAVERNIER, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689) - Lotto di 4 opere dedicato a Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

Lot 190
25.01.2022 15:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 190 | TAVERNIER, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689) - Lotto di 4 opere dedicato a Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
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TAVERNIER, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689) - Lotto di 4 opere dedicato a Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, celebre mercante ed esploratore francese che per 40 anni percorse le vie carovaniere che legavano l'Europa all'estremo oriente. Il lotto comprende la seconda edizione della traduzione italiana stampata a Bologna della sua relazione di viaggio che comprende il resoconto sul celebre "Gran-Serraglio" del sultano ottomano.

A lot of 4 works dedicated to Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, the famous French merchant and explorer who traveled through the caravan routes that connected Europe to the Far East for almost 40 years. The lot includes the second edition of the Italian translation printed in Bologna of his travel report with the description of the Topkapi Palace of the Ottoman sultans.

4 works in 8 volumes,. List of the works: Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.. en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes. Paris: [w.e.] 1679. 2 volumes (of 3), 12mo, portrait of the author and 8 plates in the first volume, 21 plates in the second (internally browned, some spotting, in vol. 2 slight tear to the plate on pag. 607). Contemporary vellum, speckled edges. [WITH:] Viaggi nella Turchia nella Persia e nell'Indie. Bologna: Gioseffo Longhi, 1690. 12mo, first part (of two) in 2 volumes (collated and complete, light spotting). Contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine [WITH:] Relatione del Serraglio interiore et esteriore del gran signore. Bologna: Gioseffo Longhi, 1690. 12mo (collated and complete, small woodworm at the lower margin from F10 to G6 of the second volume). Contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine [WITH:] Les Six Voyages de Jean Bapt.Tavernier [CON:] Recueil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers et curieux.. Utrecht-Paris: 1712. 3 volumes, 12mo (lacking frontispiece and portrait, with only 27 of a total of 46 plates). Contemporary leather binding with gilt decorations on spines and titles on labels (some lost). The lot is sold as not subject to return (8)
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