Lot 153: CARTWRIGHT, JOHN.

CARTWRIGHT, JOHN. 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. WITH THE AUTHORS RETURNE BY THE WAY OF PERSIA, SUFIANA, ASSIRIA, CHALDAEA, AND ARABIA. LONDON: THOMAS THORPPE, TO BE SOLD BY WATER BURRE, 1611 First edition, 4to (188 x 140mm.), woodcut initials and headpieces, modern mottled calf ruled in period style, [STC 4705; Wilson p.37], without blank leaf A4

Cartwright, formerly of Magdalen College, Oxford, and an agent of the Muscovy Company, travelled widely across Arabia and the Middle East. "The account of his journeys is one of the most valuable of the period" (Howgego, Exploration, p.197).