15 unnumbered pages, 417 (i.e. 351), 10 unnumbered pages, 154 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, add. title pages & plates (some folded) : engr. frontispiece (portrait), folded map ; (folio)

The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan ... To which is added, The coronation of this present king of Persia, Solyman the III / [Sir John Chardin].

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The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan ... To which is added, The coronation of this present king of Persia, Solyman the III / [Sir John Chardin].