Lot no. 145
CHARDIN (Jean). Voyages en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient. New edition. Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1735. 4 volumes in-4, blond calf, framed with cold roulette, ornate spine, fawn titles and tomaison, speckled edges (Binding of the period). The most complete early edition, augmented by the Coronation of Soliman III, published separately in 1676, and numerous passages taken from the author's manuscript which had been expurgated in previous editions. Superb engraved intaglio illustration, comprising a frontispiece by A. Tomassin fils, repeated in the third volume, and 79 plates hors texte, mostly folding, of maps, plans, views, costumes, etc. A very fine copy. Covers uncovered or discreetly restored.
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