Herrn Johann Baptisten Taverniers ... Vierzig-jährige Reise-Beschreibung: ... durch Türckey, Persien, Indien und noch mehr andere Oerter ... sechsmalige Länder-Reise ... In Dreyen Theilen Samt einer Relation, von ausführlicher Beschaffenheit deß Serrails oder Türkischen Palasts, vorgestellet
A 1681 German travel account by the French jeweller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, translated and edited by Jacob Spon and Jean Menudier, describing journeys through Turkey, Persia and India for a German-reading audience. The four pictures are woodcut ornamental headpieces and tailpieces of foliage, scrolls, rosettes and interlace, cut in a dense black line that a designer could borrow for decorative borders and panels.




















