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CHARDIN (Jean) Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1735.
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CHARDIN (Jean) Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1735.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
CHARDIN (Jean)
Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1735.
Travels in Persia, and other places in the East.
4 vol. in-4 (25,9 × 20,2 cm), blond calf, three gilt fillets framing the boards, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs, brown ochre title and appendix, gilt edges (period binding).
The most complete edition and therefore the most sought-after.
Frontispiece (repeated once), 80 out-of-text figures (mostly double-page or folded, on 88 leaves) of maps, plans, views, monuments, archaeology, types, etc., all engraved on copper.
This is the first complete, posthumous, enlarged edition of the Coronation of Soliman III, which makes it particularly interesting. This account," says Boucher de la Richarderie, "was not included in the editions of Chardin's travels in 1711 and 1723. It can only be found in the last edition of his travels, published after his death in 1735 - very rare" (Schwab).
Our copy contains 46 plates in the second volume, instead of 45, and also includes a frontispiece in the third volume, as do some copies.
Joints cracked, headpieces missing or faded, one headpiece turned upside down. Some foxing.
Provenance
Sir Joseph Copley (label).
Bibliography
Brunet, I, 1802. Chadenat, n° 1566. Schwab, Bibliographie de la Perse, no. 87-88. Atabey, no. 220.
See original version (French)
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