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192 - [Levant]. [CHINON, Gabriel de].
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[Levant]. [CHINON, Gabriel de]. New Accounts from the Levant; or Treatises on the Religion, Government, and Customs of the Persians, Armenians, and Gaurs Lyon: Jean Thioly, 1671. In-12, (15) ff., 481–17 pp. Contemporary marbled fawn sheepskin, ribbed spine, tan title label, ornate panels (scuffing and scabs, dulled corners, torn caps, scattered foxing, very faint marginal water stains on some leaves). A rare first edition of this valuable account by the Capuchin missionary Gabriel de Chinon. Having left the France of Louis XIII, he settled in the Safavid Empire (Persia) and later traveled to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, where he died in 1668. His long immersion in the region allowed him to accurately describe the customs, government, and religions of the Persians, the Zoroastrians, and the Armenians firsthand. He took a keen interest in the Armenian community (particularly that of New Julfa), documenting their Christian customs and rites. Provenance: old bookplate of Fris. L. Bourdens, old library label. Handwritten “Boulée” bookplate on the title page. Missing entries for Atabey, Blackmer, and Chadenat.
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