La repubblica di Venezia e la Persia.Torino, G.B. Paravia e comp., 1865. 8vo. With 5 photographic plates. Original publisher's printed brown paper wrappers.
by BERCHET, Guglielmo
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XVII, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 294, [2] pp.First edition of a work on the relation between the Republic of Venice and the Persian Empire (present-day Iran), focusing on their diplomatic and commercial relations, written by the Italian historian and politician Guglielmo Berchet (1833-1913). It contains valuable information on how goods from Asia, like spices and silk, were transported to Venice via Persia. Included at the end are transcriptions of related material, mostly state documents and letters, dating from 1463 to 1718.Some foxing and plates slightly browned. Paper wrappers worn, cracked along the spine, partly separating the bookblock. Fair copy.l A.M. Ansari, Perceptions of Iran, p. 178; Slot, The Arabs of the Gulf 1602-1784, p. 410.
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- La repubblica di Venezia e la Persia.Torino, G.B. Paravia e comp., 1865. 8vo. With 5 photographic plates. Original publisher's printed brown paper wrappers.
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- BERCHET, Guglielmo
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- Used
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....