| Author: | Sir John Chardin | ISBN: | 9780486120713 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications | Publication: | April 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sir John Chardin |
| ISBN: | 9780486120713 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication: | April 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications |
| Language: | English |
First inexpensive edition of great travel classic offers detailed, sharply observed portrait of 17th-century Persia. Vivid record of life at court of Shah: lavish banquets and entertainments, diplomatic negotiations, intrigues and cruelty, more. Also, soil and climate, flora and fauna, manners and customs, trade and manufacture, and many other aspects. 9 illustrations.
First inexpensive edition of great travel classic offers detailed, sharply observed portrait of 17th-century Persia. Vivid record of life at court of Shah: lavish banquets and entertainments, diplomatic negotiations, intrigues and cruelty, more. Also, soil and climate, flora and fauna, manners and customs, trade and manufacture, and many other aspects. 9 illustrations.
