A RELATION OF SOME YEARES TRAVAILE, BEGUNNE ANNO 1626, INTO AFRIQUE AND THE GREATER ASIA

Of their Religion, Language, Habit, Discent, Ceremonies, and other matters concerning them.

Together with the proceedings and death of the three late Ambassadours: Sir D. C., Sir R. S. and the Persian Nogdi-Beg: As also the two great Monarchs, the King of Persia, and the Great Mogol.

Together with the proceedings and death of the three late Ambassadours: Sir D. C., Sir R. S. and the Persian Nogdi-Beg: As also the two great Monarchs, the King of Persia, and the Great Mogol.

By T.H. Esquier.

(x), 225, (i blank), (xii index), (i printer's colophon), pages, engraved title page (W. Marshall scuplt.), 35 engraved illustrations in the text including 2 maps, full sprinkled calf rebacked preserving the original gilt decorated back strip and with a dark red title label, page edges dyed red, small hole in the margin of leaf 19/20, otherwise the contents are crisp, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy.

'In 1627 William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, procured his appointment in the suite of Sir Dodmore Cotton, then starting as ambassador for Persia with Sir Robert Shirley. Sailing in March they visited the Cape, Madagascar, Goa and Surat; landing at Gambrun (10 January 1628), they travelled inland to Ashraf and thence to Kazvin, where both Cotton and Shirley died, and whence Herbert made extensive travels in the Persian Hinter land, visiting Kashan, Bagdad, etc. On his return voyage Herbert touched at Ceylon, the Coromandel coast, Mauritius and St Helena. He reached England in 1629, travelled in Europe in 1630–1631, married in 1632 and retired from court in 1634 (his prospects perhaps blighted by Pembroke's death in 1630), after this he resided on his Tintern estate…..'

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Herbert,_1st_Baronet)