Chardin (John, Sir)The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies, first English edition, lacking the printed title (ESTC notes may be a cancel), but with an engraved title page and a portrait frontispiece by Loggan, staining, folding map, 16 plates, some folding, index and ‘Directions for the Book-binder for placing the Cuts’ bound before part 1, pp. 399-402 misnumbered, occasional foxing, pp. 40-41 of part 2 badly stained, [ESTC R12885, Wing C2043], modern calf gilt, within slipcase, folio, Moses Pitt, 1686.*** First English edition, published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was driven from France by anti-Protestant persecution. This account describes his travels as an agent for the purchase of jewels to Shah Solyman III, as well as his journeys to Russia and India.