CHARDIN, SIR JOHN.

The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies... to which is added The Coronation of this Present King of Persia, Solyman the III. Portrait frontispiece of Chardin by D. Loggan, engraved additional title, folding engraved map, and 16 plates, mostly folding. Small folio, contemporary panelled calf, joints starting; clean tear along lower gutter of title, occasional mild stains, some plates with minor clean tears, [Ffff 4] with bottom corner torn away without loss of text. London: Christopher Bateman, 1691 200-300$ first edition of the earliest book on the subject of French jewelry house Chaumet. Out-of-series copy from an edition of 1000.