Aurangzeb , 1618-1707, History, History, Description and travel, Court and courtiers, Social life and customs, DS461.7 .B47 1671
The history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of... Show moreThe history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol -- A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia. by Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier ; English'd out of French. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut initial letters. Title page followed by seven pages of "An extrait of a letter written to Mr. H.O. from Monsr de Monceaux the younger, giving a character of the book here Englished and its author", which is followed by six pages of contents and an errata page. With a final advertisement leaf. Pagination: [16], 258, [2], 176, 102, [2] p. Page 208 is wrongly printed as 082. Translation by Henry Oldenburg of author's Histoire de la dernière révolution des états du Grand Mogol, 1670. Volume two, entitled "Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol" has separate pagination and title page with following imprint: London : printed by S.G. for Moses Pitt at the white Hart in Little Britain, 1671. The third part entitled "A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia" has also separate pagination. Copy in FCO Historical collection is a variant copy without a Wing reference number. Imprint reads: London : printed and are to be sold by John Williams, book-seller in Plymouth, 1671. The map is signed: "Cross sculp:" Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.7 .B47 1671 Book Item-ID: i10203618 BIB-ID: 1021997 Text also available online from EEBO at: http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. English translation of French original. Copy in Marsden Collection has armorial bookplate of William Marsden on front paste-down. UkLU-K Copy in FCO Historical Collection is from the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. It has a ms. inscription on second free endpaper: "E Libris Thomae Hewett, Anno Domini 1719" and a ms. inscription in Indic script on the same page. There is another ms. inscription on title page in another hand: "L. Moody, Mrs Hill". UkLU-K Show less
Manners and customs, Travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Social life and customs, Description and travel, Description and travel, D973 .B56 1669
by Sr. Henry Blunt knight. Page 52 incorrectly numbered 25. Spine title: Blunt's voyage Main Heritage Shelves General D973 .B56 1669 Book Item-ID: i23163264 ... Show moreby Sr. Henry Blunt knight. Page 52 incorrectly numbered 25. Spine title: Blunt's voyage Main Heritage Shelves General D973 .B56 1669 Book Item-ID: i23163264 BIB-ID: 2451437 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, D915 .E95 1834
Main Heritage Shelves General D915 .E95 1834 Book Item-ID: i10151424 BIB-ID: 1016778 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General D915 .E95 1834 Book Item-ID: i10151424 BIB-ID: 1016778 Show less
Madog ab Owain Gwynedd , 1150-1180?, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration--Welsh, Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian, DS7 .H47 1638
Rare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat ... Show moreRare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat (India). On his way back he visited North America. Herbert begins his account of America (pp. 355-364) with its supposed discovery in 1170 by Madoc, son of Owen Gwyneth, Prince of Wales, and attempts to defend this claim with linguistic and cultural evidence. ''The quaint and curious notes on the travels make the volume one of the most interesting and attractive of the earlier and more primitive accounts'' (South African Bibliography). The illustrations include maps of Madagascar and the southeastern coast of Africa, the Persian empire, India, and Southeast Asia, views of the Persian Gulf, Tenerife, St. Helena, natives of Angola, the Cape, Persia and depictions of a coconut tree, a shark fish, a penguin and a dodo. - Thomas Herbert (1606-82) travelled with Dodmore Cotton, the new English ambassador to Persia (who died before Herbert's return). He first published his account in English in 1634, and it was translated into Dutch (by Lambert van den Bos) in 1658 and into French in 1663. Jonathan Swift attacked its "impertinences, conceitedness, and tedious digressions" and called the author a coxcomb (South African Bibliography). - Some marginal waterstains and soiling. A good copy of this account which is still important for its early eyewitness descriptions, especially of Persia, India and Africa. Headpieces; initials. Author attributes first dicovery of America to Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd, 300 years before Columbus. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1638 Book Item-ID: i2266774x BIB-ID: 1508228 Book plate of T. Scott. (Rev. Thomas). WlLaUW T.-p. signed William Phillips de Bradeley. WlLaUW Presented by Thomas Phillips 1842. WlLaUW Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .H47 1665
Added t.p. engraved: Some yeares travels into Africa & Asia the Great. Especially describing the famous empires of Persia and Industant ... The 3d... Show moreAdded t.p. engraved: Some yeares travels into Africa & Asia the Great. Especially describing the famous empires of Persia and Industant ... The 3d ed. further inlarged. By Sr. Tho: Herbert Bart. London, Printed by I.B. for A. Crooke. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1665 Book Item-ID: i10178636 BIB-ID: 1019499 Show less
Voyages and travels--History, Voyages and travels--History--17th century, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .H47 1663
traduite de l'Anglois de Thomas Herbert ; Avec les revolvtions arrive'es au Royaume de Siam l'an mil six cens quarante-sept ; traduites du Flamand... Show moretraduite de l'Anglois de Thomas Herbert ; Avec les revolvtions arrive'es au Royaume de Siam l'an mil six cens quarante-sept ; traduites du Flamand de Ieremie Van Vliet. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1663 Book Item-ID: i10169404 BIB-ID: 1018576 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G460 .H47 1634
by T.H. Esquier. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .H47 1634 Book Item-ID: i24531200 BIB-ID: 2623727 Show moreby T.H. Esquier. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .H47 1634 Book Item-ID: i24531200 BIB-ID: 2623727 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, DS7 .H54 1928, 915.504
abridged and edited by Sir William Foster, C.I.E., with an introduction and notes. At head of title: Thomas Herbert. "Fuller titles of the chief... Show moreabridged and edited by Sir William Foster, C.I.E., with an introduction and notes. At head of title: Thomas Herbert. "Fuller titles of the chief authorities quoted": p. xxxviii-xxxix. Show less