47 - SHERLEYS: The Three brothers or the Travels and Adventures of Sir Anthony, Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Sherley in Persia, Russia, Turkey... London, 1825

SHERLEYS: The Three brothers or the Travels and Adventures of Sir Anthony, Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Sherley in Persia, Russia, Turkey... London, 1825 First edition, in 8vo modern leather over boards,text clean,some light foxing in very few pages, complete: [4], 204p., and three engraved portraits,overall in very good condition. The three brothers Sherleys were English merchants in the late 16th century, in 1598 they did their first travel in the Levant. They wanted to establish trade relations with Persia. This could be done, either via the Ottoman Levant or though Russia. They have started though Venice and Greece. In summer 1598 they visited Zakynthos,the Venetian Crete,Cyprus (Paphos and Larnaca) before reaching Syria and by land in Persia. There, they achieved to establish strong permanent relations with the ruling Shah of Persia. One brother returned via Russia, meanwhile the other remained in Persia for several years. Up to the late 1620s, they did finally make several travels towards Persia through the Levant when the political situation between Persia and Turkey was good. In the 1620s, one brother even became ambassador of Persia to European countries. Most of their memoirs remained manuscript and unrecorded up to the early 19th century and this edition.