An Historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with a journal of travels from London through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Persia [etc.]

Type
Book
Category
Main Collection pre-1900  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1754 
Abstract
An Historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with a journal of travels from London through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli. In two volumes. 
Description
(CON) text||(GEN) Vol. 1: xxiii, [1], 392, 385-588, [18] p., [9] leaves of plates (7 folded); v.2: iv, xvi, 5-599, [33] p., [2] folded leaves of plates.||(GEN) Misprinted page numbers: vol.1: x instead of xi; v.2: 113 instead of 213, 1248 instead of 248.||(GEN) Woodcut tail-pieces.||(GEN) In vol. 2, "The revolutions of Persia" has separate title page but pagination and register are continuous. Full title: "The revolutions of Persia: containing the reign of Shah Sultan Hussein, with the invasion of the Afghans, and the reigns of Sultan Mir Maghmud and his successor Sultan Ashreff. To which is prefixed, a chronological abridgement of the Persian monarchy from its first foundation."||(PRV) Contains the Knight family bookplate||(TIT) The revolutions of Persia||(DON) Donated by GLOSS (the Godmersham Lost Sheep Society) 
Biblio Notes
2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm. (8∞)  
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