Jean Chardin - Voyages de M

Rare edition, estimated to be the most complete and sought-after - Volume enriched with numerous plates, some folding, and focusing on the detailed description of the City of Isfahan, capital of Persia - This work constitutes one of the final installments of the extensive documentary corpus left by Sir Jean Chardin and presents itself as an indispensable complement to the previous volumes, gathering observations, memoirs, dissertations, and geographical descriptions - Jean Chardin - Voyages de Mr. le Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient - 1711 - Tome VIII - Jean Louis de Lorme - 255 pp Good binding condition, the work in its full brown mottled calf, wear from use, a few minor defects on boards and spine, red sprinkled edges, spine with raised bands, gilt roll on the edges, gilded lettering and volume numbering, cold-stamped borders framing the boards - Good interior condition, some stains, several engravings torn without loss, numerous spots on the leaves, title page printed in red and black and ornamented with a splendid vignette, beautiful initial, pretty headbands, new edition, illustrated with multiple plates also folding, endpapers in good condition, a pleasant copy - Delivery service available within a few days -

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