JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER: BESCHREIBUNG DER SECHS REISEN,WELCHE J.B.TAVERNIER IN TURCKEY,PERSIEN UND INDIEN VERRICHTET…NURENBERG 1681 First edition in German of Tavernier travels. Royal FOLIO,contemporary full leather trimmed,text clean and bright,complete the part regarding Tavernier travels,an other volume has been published later providing, in German, the travels of Spon in the Levant, thirty five (35) engraved plates in the very rare form of being attached contemporarily in separate blank pages between the text pages,overall in very good condition. Tavernier travels in the Levant became a classical travel account since its own time.He was a diamond merchant who in 40 years travelled 60.000 leagues…The German edition prepared by Jean Menudier,has 35 copperplate illustrations considered sharper and more artistically rendered than those in the original French editions. He provides a businessman’s view of the East,focusing on trade routes, currency, gemstones, and the wealth of the Levant courts.