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908 - Modern Monuments of Persia [...
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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Modern Monuments of Persia [...]. Large folio (pl. XXII-XXIII missing; occ. foxing, 1 or 2 tiny wormhole(s) in blank left upper corner). - First edition illustrated with 55 plates (7 on double pp. and 7 chromolithographs) after the author, depicting views and plans: panorama of Isfahan, the Allahverdi Khan Bridge in Isfana, the Shah Mosque, the pavillion and park Chehel Sotoun, castle of Qasr e Qajar in Teheran, etc. Also with some illus in-text. Also with some ill. in-text. The French P. Coste (1787-1879) was architect of the viceroy of Egypt, Mehmet Ali, he travelled in Iran with the painter Eugène Flandin as part of the French diplomatic mission in 1839-1841.
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
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