Tancoigne, Joseph Michel

A Narrative of a Journey into Persia, and Residence at Teheran: Containing a Descriptive Itinerary from Constantinople to the Persian Capital ... From the French of M. Tancoigne, attached to the Embassy of General Gardane. London: Printed for William Wright, 1820

8vo (216 x 137 mm). Engraved folding map after Arrowsmith, handcolored engraved plate. Twentieth century half smooth tan calf over marbl🌃ed paper-covered boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, morocco lettering piece in second.

First edition in English of a noted French epist✅olary narrative describing an Embassy to 🔯Persia.

🧸"Tancoigne was attached to the French embassy in Persia from 1807 to 1809" (Atabey). First published in French, this first English edition includes a charming hand colored plate of the interior of a harem. This one volume edition is dedicated to Mirza-Aboul-Hassan-Khan, the Persian Ambassador in London; the dedication reads: "The following Letters, in which an impartial though flattering picture, of the present state of Persia is given, and above all, ample justice has been done to the virtues and talents of his illustrious and enlightened sovereign..."

REFERENCE

Atabey 1193 (first edition in French); Wilson 222; Weber Iꦺ𝓡:82