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9780486256368
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.Chardin, John is the author of 'Travels in Persia, 1673-1677', published 1988 under ISBN 9780486256368 and ISBN 0486256367.
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