Jean Chardin - Voyages de Mr. le Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient - 1711

Rare edition, believed to be the most complete and sought-after -

This work includes a description of the Political, Military & Civil Government of the Persians!

This work constitutes one of the final installments of the vast documentary corpus left by Sir Jean Chardin and presents itself as an indispensable complement to the previous volumes by gathering observations, memoirs, dissertations, and geographical descriptions -

In this volume, the author deepens aspects he had only incidentally addressed in the previous volumes, developing a true encyclopedic study of Persian society based on many years of direct observation, on interviews with dignitaries, merchants, religious figures and people from all walks of life, as well as on a constant comparison between Eastern and European customs -

Chardin continues his examination of the empire's administration, detailing the responsibilities of the principal state officers, the mechanisms of provincial government, the provisioning/collection of royal revenues, the military organization, diplomatic relations with neighboring states, and the procedures for nominating governors -

Jean Chardin - Voyages of Mr. le Chevalier Chardin, in Perse, and other places of the Orient - 1711 - Tome VI - Jean Louis de Lorme -
328 pages

Good binding condition, the work in full morocco brown mottled leather, wear from use, some minor flaws on covers and spine, red-mottled edges, spine with raised bands ornate, gilt roulette on the edges, gilded titling and pagination, cold-stamped fillets framing the covers -

Good interior condition, some stains, several engravings, some folding plates, numerous spots on the leaves, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a superb vignette, nice drop cap, pretty headings, new edition, believed to be the most complete and sought-after, endpapers in good condition, pleasant copy -

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