SIR JOHN CHARDIN'S TRAVELS IN PERSIA.
With an Introduction by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes. Pp. xxx+288(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 3 plates (2 folding), title page vignette printed in blue & black, 3 text illustrations (2 full page), plus full page facsimiles of the 1720 and 1724 title pages; cr. 4to; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, dull grey/green buckram, upper board decorated in gilt, the spine browned, upper board a trifle flecked; uncut and mostly unopened; ribbon marker; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The Argonaut Press, London, 1927. Edition limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon vellum. *The third volume from the Argonaut Press; from the library of Australian bookseller and bibliophile Harry Muir, with his bookplate on the upper pastedown. Loosely inserted is the 4 page 1928 Argonaut Press Classics of Travel & Exploration prospectus. Item #117671
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