Lot 1120 , Struys, John - The Voiages and Travels of John Struys through Italy, Greece, Muscovy, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan...

° Struys, John - The Voiages and Travels of John Struys through Italy, Greece, Muscovy, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan... Containing remarks and observations upon the manners, religion, politics (etc) of the inhabitants, and a Description of their several cities, towns, forts... together with an account of the Authors many dangers of shipwreck, robbery, slavery... Done out of the Dutch, by John Morrison. first edition. Pictorial engraved and printed titles, tailpiece decorations and decorated initial letters; (without the engraved plates). sometime rebound vellum, gilt ruled, decorated and lettered on spine, gilt top and marbled e/ps, 4to. printed for Abel Swale... 1684.
£160-200

Condition:
end blanks replaced, eng. title damaged at edges (clear of print) and mounted , printed titile (not damaged) mounted, preface edge damage, 2 leaves mounted, 1st text leaf edge damage and mounted (all clear of print), some marginal stains and a few paper repairs (1 obscuring some printed marginal notes), text mostly clean. signatures - A4,A2-4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Bbb4, Ccc2, *4, **4; pagination (6), 378, (9)+(16)pp. contents - eng. title, printed title, preface (4)pp., text 378pp., Index (9)pp., table (16)pp.

Sold for £400