{"product_id":"1634-description-of-persian-monarchy-illustrated-antique-in-english-th-herbert","title":"1634 DESCRIPTION of PERSIAN MONARCHY illustrated ANTIQUE in ENGLISH Th.Herbert","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e[Travel \u0026amp; Exploration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas, Herbert (1606-1682)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, Begunne Anno 1626. \u003cbr\u003eInto Afrique and the greater Asia, especially the Territories of the Persian Monarchie: and some parts of the Orientall Indies, and Iles adjacent...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Printed by William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, 1634. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChancery folio: 7 1\/2 by 10 3\/4\"  (267 x 171 mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdditional engraved title by William Marshall, \u003cbr\u003e36 engraved illustrations and maps in the text, woodcut device on penultimate page. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Engraved title reinserted on stub, a few marginal stains.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Original paneled calf (rebacked, fore-corners and endpapers renewed, covers worn). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: early ownership signature dated 1773 on title-page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIRST EDITION. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerbert accompanied the mission led by Sir Dodmore Cotton to the court of the King of Persia, arriving in the Persian Gulf in January 1627-8. \u003cbr\u003eCotton died in July of the same year, but Herbert continued, making an extensive tour of the kingdom and returning to England at the end of 1629. \u003cbr\u003eOn his return, Herbert sailed close to the eastern shores of North America. \u003cbr\u003eHis chapter \"A Discourse and Proofe that Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd first found out that Continent now call'd America\" is \"illustrated with quotations from the early Welsh Bards in evidence of the departure of Madoc with a number of ships and men for an unknown country at the west. \u003cbr\u003eThe analogies in language which the author gives to prove the identification of Cymric words in Mexican names is entirely fanciful.\" \u003cbr\u003eAlden \u0026amp; Landis 634\/68; Arents 191; Sabin 31471; STC 13190.\u003cbr\u003e=======================================\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Motka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52328033616174,"sku":null,"price":2855.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8017\/0286\/files\/206664-002jpg.jpg?v=1784551584","url":"https:\/\/motka.store\/products\/1634-description-of-persian-monarchy-illustrated-antique-in-english-th-herbert","provider":"Motka","version":"1.0","type":"link"}