Voyages En Perse 1812-1813 [Combined Text Volume Plus 'Atlas']
by Drouville, Gaspard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Tehran: Imperial Organization for Social Services, 1976. SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION. WAS £250. Facsimile of the 1819 limited edition, Vols. 1-2 combined in first volume, text in French, with separate 'Atlas' of illustrations, reprinted under the patronage of Her Imperial Highness Princess Ashraf Pahlavi on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Coronation of Reza Shah the Great, first volume in brown boards with gilt decoration, red title strip to spine with gilt lettering, some rubbing to boards, foxing to top edge, vertical external creasing and rubbing to hinges, title and contents in Persian reading from the back with two photographic plates, internally fine; the folio-size 'Atlas' has beautiful coloured reproductions of the original lithographs, and is internally fine, the boards (similarly decorated to vol. 1) have the remains of white labels (?) in small patches, with some rubbing, top of spine is broken with two tears to the top. A sumptuous production. Extra postage required outside the UK.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004185
- Title
- Voyages En Perse 1812-1813 [Combined Text Volume Plus 'Atlas']
- Author
- Drouville, Gaspard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Imperial Organization for Social Services
- Place of Publication
- Tehran
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Drouville Voyages Perse Persia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Travel;
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Nigel Sustins Books
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire
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