HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682.
Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.
Folio (317 x 202 mm). Additional engraved title (letterpress title lacking), 3 engraved plates, engraved illustrations in text. 19th century cloth-backed boards. Covers soiled and rubbed, additional engraved title laid down with losses, browning and spotting throughout.
Provenance: Raj Krishna.
THIRD EDITION. Sir Thomas Herbert, Bart., was a traveler, historian, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles I. His works provided the earliest firsthand accounts of Persia in the English language.
WITH: DELLA VALLE, PIETRO. 1586-1652. The Travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a Noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. London: John Place, 1665. Folio (289 x 180 mm). Woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text. Contemporary ruled calf. Lacking plates and folding map, spine perished, upper cover detached.
![HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.](https://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2019-09/10/24909246-4-3.jpg&width=640&height=480&autosizefit=1 "HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.")
![HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.](https://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2019-09/10/24909246-4-3.jpg&width=960 "HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.")
![HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.](https://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2019-09/06/24909246-4-2.jpg&width=960 "HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.")
![HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.](https://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2019-09/06/24909246-4-1.jpg&width=960 "HERBERT, THOMAS. 1606-1682. Some Yeares Travels into Africa, Asia, the great, especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Industan. London: [Printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell], 1677.")
