China and the West

“Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia. Never before translated into English. Containing, A most particular Account, of the Religion, Government, Trade, Product, Rarities, Structures, Arts and Sciences of that great Monarchy An exact description of the Court and City of Ispahan, the Capital thereof ; as also of the celebrated Ruins of Persepolis, the antient Metropolis of that Nation, and of several other Places of Note. With Genuine Copies of the Instructions given by the English, French and other Powers, to their respective Embassadors in Persia, China, Japan, and other Eastern Empires ; no less useful and instructive for carrying on the Commerce in those Parts, than satilfactory to the Curious. Adorn'd and illustrated with a great number of cutts” (Publication, 1720)