Lot 185
L. Langlès, Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l’Orient.10 Bde. und 1 Atlasbd. Paris 1811.
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€ 1.500
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€ 1.000
Lot:
185
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Geography and work of views
Chardin, Jean. - Langlès, L. (Ed.): Voyages du Chevalier Chardin en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient. Nouvelle édition.10 Textbände und 1 Atlas in 11 Bden. Paris: Le Normant 1811. 21 x 14 cm (Text); 51,5 x 34 cm (Atlas), With a few engraved vignettes in the text volumes; 85 copperplate engravings on plates (half-page, full-page, multi-folded) in the atlas. Paperback (text), purple half-leather with spine title (atlas).
(Overall, there are few signs of age or wear; in some cases, the glue shows through slightly along the fold on large-format copperplate prints.)
Henze I, 557 f. - Jean Chardin (1643–1713) travelled throughout the Orient from 1665 onwards. The first part of his travelogue was published as early as 1686, but this edition, edited by the orientalist Langlès, is regarded as the most reliable and best edition.
(Overall, there are few signs of age or wear; in some cases, the glue shows through slightly along the fold on large-format copperplate prints.)
Henze I, 557 f. - Jean Chardin (1643–1713) travelled throughout the Orient from 1665 onwards. The first part of his travelogue was published as early as 1686, but this edition, edited by the orientalist Langlès, is regarded as the most reliable and best edition.