Cartwright, John, of Magdalen College, Oxford (fl. circa 1599) The Preachers Travels. Wherein is set downe a true Iournall, to the conf

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Cartwright, John, of Magdalen College, Oxford (fl. circa 1599) The Preachers Travels. Wherein is set downe a true Iournall, to the confines of the East Indies, through the Great Countreyes of Syria, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Media, Hircania and Parthia. London: Printed for Thomas Thorppe, and are to bee sold by Walter Burre, 1611. First edition, quarto, title page printed within a border of typographical ornaments, without blank leaf A4, bound in later full polished marbled calf with two russet morocco labels on spine, front board detached, book ticket of Myers & Co. of London pasted inside the front board, 6 7/8 x 5 in.
Cartwright, as an agent of the Muscovy Company, travelled widely across the Middle East. "The account of his journeys is one of the most valuable of the period." (Raymond Howgego's, Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800, page 197)

A3, B-O4, P2.
http://estc.bl.uk/S107677
Estimate $10,000-12,000


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