Lot no. 24
DUMONT (Jean). Voyages en France, en Italie, en Allemagne, à Malthe et en Turquie. La Haye, Étienne Foulque & François L'Honoré, 1699. 3 volumes in-12 (out of 4), speckled calf, gilt garland, ornate spine, gilt PB at tail, daffodil edges (Binding late 18th century). A much enlarged second edition of these travel accounts by Jean Dumont, Baron de Carlscroon (1667-1727), first published in 1694 under the title Nouveau voyage du Levant.
The edition is illustrated with a frontispiece and 8 beautiful folding plates.
Copy of Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), with the cipher PB (Pagerie-Bonaparte) at the foot of the spines and the Malmaison library stamp on the titles.
The fourth volume is missing. A short-margined copy, bindings restored, headpieces worn, brown spots and foxing, some paper repairs.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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Bibliothèque Chaye-Petritzi Greece and the Levant - Atlas & travel books - Natural history
75006 Paris - France