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THEVENOT, Jean (1633-1667). Voyages de Mr Thevenot contenant la relation de l'Indostan, des nouveaux Mogols, & des autres Peuples & Pays de Indes. Paris: Chez la Veuve Biestkins, 1684. 4to., (9 4/8 x 7 2/8 inches). (Some occasional light toning and spotting.) Contemporary vellum over paste-board. Provenance: with the ink library stamp of Furstlich Lowenstein Wertheim-Rosenberg'sche Hofbibliothek, Kleinheubach on the title-page First edition of third volume of Jean Thevenot's account of his extensive travels in the Orient. He was the nephew of the celebrated Melchisedec Thevenot (1620-1692), who famously published a collection of voyages: "Relations de divers Voyages curieux, qui n'ont point esté publiées. Et qu'on a traduit ou tiré des Originaux des Voyageurs François, Espagnols, Allemands, Portugais, Anglois, Hollandois, Persans, Arabes & autres Orientaux". While Melchisdec Thevenot travelled extensively in Europe, and is famous for publishing a collection of voyages and travel, he printed nothing about his own journeys. Jean Thevenot embarked on the first of his major adventures in 1652. "He visited in succession England, Holland, Germany, and Italy; and, making a prolonged stay at Rome (1654-55), witnessed the solemnities of the installation of Alexander VII. At Rome he became acquainted with the celebrated Orientalist d'Herbelot, who freely communicated to his young friend the information he had collected regarding the East and its inhabitants, and the result of their conversations was that Thevenot determined to devote himself to exploring Asia. "Thevenot began his first journey from Malta on the 1st of November, 1655: he arrived at Leghorn, on his return, on the 8th of April, 1659. Having reached Constantinople in the beginning of December, 1655, he remained there till the end of August, 1666. Travelling through Brusa and Smyrna, and visiting Chio, Samoa, and Rhodes, he arrived at Alexandria on the 29th of December. He proceeded without loss of time to Cairo, which he made his head-quarters for- two years, making in the course of that time two excursions, the first to Suez and Mount Sinai, the other to Jerusalem and some of the adjoining districts of Syria. During his stay at Constantinople and Cairo he made himself master of tho Turkish and Arabic languages. On his way from Egypt to Italy he touched at Tunis. "From Leghorn Thevenot visited several parts of Italy which he had not previously seen, and in particular resided for a short time at the court of Savoy, before he returned to France. The first volume of his travels, he says, was prepared for the press to gratify his friends, and especially his mother; and these were not with him mere words of course, for he was more intent upon travelling and observing than publishing. Before his book had passed through the press, and without giving his friends any warning of his intention, he left Paris to renew his researches in the East, and sailed from Marseilles on the 6th of November, 1663. "This time his object was to visit Persia and the Indies. He arrived at Alexandria on the 4th of February 1664: from Alexandria he sailed in a few days to Sidon and from Sidon he visited Damascus. After a stay of twenty-four days in that city he went to Aleppo, where he remained two months; and then, travelling by Bir and Orfa to Mosul, descended the Tigris to Baghdad. From Baghdad he travelled to Isfahan, by the way of Hamadan. Having remained five months at Isfahan, he left it, in company with Tavernier, for Shiraz and Gombroon, intending to sail for India from that port, but the jealousy of the Dutch agents obliged him to return to Shiraz. After examining the ruins of Tshelminar (Persepolis) he proceeded to Basra, and embarked at that port for Surat, where he arrived on the 12th of January 1666. Surat remianed his head quarters till February 1667, during which time he made excursions to Gujarat, the court of the Mogul, and to the Decern. On his return to Persia he spent five months. N° de ref. del artículo 72lib1471
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