Persia Ancient Modern (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Persia Ancient Modern Travels of Sir J Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, vol. I. (the only one he published) To which is added the Coronation of this present king, Solyman III. London, 1686. Illustrated by curious plates of the cities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.