CHARDIN, Sir John.
Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient,
enrichis d'un grand nombre de belles figures en taille-douce, représentant les Antiquités et les choses remarquables du pays.
Stock Code
85525
Le Normant, Paris, 1811
£6,750
Description
With 85 engravings on 64 sheets (9 folding), including portrait of Chardin, 18 sheets with double-illustrations and 1 sheet with 4, with additional large folding map of Asia with outline coloured by hand by P. Lapie, 1810, engraved by Blondeau, all protected with original tissue guards. Recent half-calf over marbled boards.
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