[Travels in Persia] A Voyage Round The World. Chapter II, Persia.

[Travels in Persia] A Voyage Round The World. Chapter II, Persia.

Author: Careri, John Francis Gernelli

Folio.(10' x 14")1704. Careri, John Francis Gernelli. London. H.c. for Awnsham and John Churchill. 100 leaves. One-of-a-kind book combined from a variety of sources from the 17th-19th century. Contains 85 pp of disbound letterpress text and extra-illustrated with 218 engravings from a variety of sources, pasted onto 100 leaves (200 pp). 19th century leather-backed boards with gilt title and author to the rebacked spine. A few leaves detached and laid in, generally clean. The text is the entire chapter on Persia from the English translation (1704) of Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri's famous travel narrative, Giro Del Mondo, which was published in Italian in six volumes in Naples in 1699. It comprises the title page, 2 pages of preface, and pages 111-195 of the English Edition, all disbound from the original and tipped into the album with many other engraved illustrations from a variety of sources about Persia. Please see pics for visual reference.

From Wiki: Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri (1651–1725) was an Italian adventurer and traveler. He was among the first Europeans to tour the world by securing passage on ships involved in the carrying trade; his travels, undertaken for pleasure rather than profit saw him travel through the Middle East, India, China and the New World within a span of five years. Some suspected him of spying for the Vatican (or rather for the Jesuits) on his journey. The reliability of his travels were once doubted, but is now considered to be authentic due to the details observed in his writings. The aim of Giro Del Mondo - a faithful description of the countries visited - was emphasized by Giosef-Antonio Guerrieri in his preface. While pointing out the difference between the account of a journey and "an imaginary journey", Guerrieri praised Gemelli Careri for the reliability of his experiences, and criticized those who were prone to fantasize over geographic maps. For many years scholars and experts did not consider Gemelli Careri's adventurous journey authentic. Later, it was ascertained that he collected important historical documents in order to identify correctly those exotic realities in greater detail.

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