THE SIX VOYAGES OF JOHN BAPTISTA TAVERNIER bound with A COLLECTION OF SEVERAL RELATIONS & TREATISES SINGULAR AND CURIOUS, OF JOHN BAPTISTA TAVERNIER, BARON OF AUBONNE. Not Printed among his first Six Voyages (Two Volumes bound as One) Vol. I: The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, a Noble Man of France now living, through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies, Finished in the Year 1670. Giving an Account of the State of those Countries. Illustrated with divers Sculptures. Togethe

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Two Volumes bound as one. Folio (approx. 32 x 21.5cm) Full contemporary calf, professionally rebacked, with original spine and upper board laid on. Five raised bands and dark brown title label, gilt, to spine. New endpapers. Volume I in four parts: Part 1: [2],2,[18],264 [Pages 185-198 incorrectly numbered as 195-208; pp 200-254 incorrectly numbered as 210-264. All plates present. Pp 39-42 missing, neatly cut out.); Part 2: [2],214 (p15 misnumbered 51 and p63 as 61). All plates present. Pages 145-60 missing, appear to have never been bound in. Gatherings *U*V*W*X = 16pp); Parts 3 and 4: [6],97,[8],107-119,[3] including Publisher's List. Volume I contains 24 full-page engraved plates (1 folding), illustrating Parts 1 and 2. Volume II in five parts: Part 1 (Tunquin): [20],54,[2] (pp. 49-50 missing (cut out). Part 2 (Formosa): 57-87[1]; Part 3 (Japan): 25; Part 4 (Persia and the Indies): 26-50 (p39 misnumbered 93); Part 5 (East-Indies): 51-66,[2] including Publisher's List. Volume II contains 6 full page engraved plates with 6 accompanying pages of captions, plus a large folding map of Japan with an inset map of Tunquin. Title page has an old, faded ink signature to top corner and some initials further down. No other markings or inscriptions. Many page corners and edges have been professionally strengthened where there was some loss. Three of the plates in Volume I have closed tears (repaired) and the large folding Map of Japan in Volume II has a large closed tear (repaired) and has had the lower outer corner professionally repaired where ther has been some loss - please see photos. As to be expected, there is some browning to page edges, handling marks and old staining to lower outer corner of last half of the book. First few pages, including title page. have a slight scorch mark to upper inner corner. Overall A GOOD COPY, expertly repaired, of a scarce single volume of Tavernier's travels with its fascinating engravings. The 'Mapp of the Isles of Iapon' is the first English edition of Tavernier's map of Japan, first published the previous year, augmented with an inset of the Gulf of Tonkin, originally a separate map in the original work. The route by land & sea from Nagasaki to Tokyo is marked. On stylistic grounds the map has been attributed to the engraver Herman Moll, making it one of his earliest works. Tavernier, a gem merchant, travelled only to China, but included a description of Japan in his account.