Voyages du prince persan Mirza Aboul Taleb Khan, en Asie, en Afrique, en Europe
M Charles-Malo
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Book Details:
Publisher:Dupont
Published Date:30th November -0001
Binding:Hardback
Condition:Good
Notes:Signed by author on half title verso; May June 1819; in later half leather rebinding; some water damage to rear pages; Dupont-Janet-Delaumy-Gide and P?licier 1819 - Paris, Dupont - Janet - Delaumy. - Gide and P?licier, 1819. In 8 448pp, binding post red half shagreen, spine 5 bands underlined gilded nets, iron (small golden badge) center back, gilded title, bookplates manuscript of Charles Malo translator on the back of a cover page, nice and good copy. Travelogue of a Muslim Persian prince. The text contains piquant anecdotes and insightful comments on the people visited by the author: Calcutta, South Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, Dublin, London, England, where Abu Taleb Khan was received by King George III, Paris, Lyon, Avignon, Marseille, Malta, Constantinople and Turkey, and the current Iraq Baghdad, Basra, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, Mumbai, Bengal, Calcutta
