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982 - SOLTYKOV, Aleksey *Journey to Persia*. Third edition. Paris: V. Lecou, 1854. Large 8vo; frontispiece and 21 plates protected with tissue guards (some foxing). Contemporary half red shagreen, blind-ruled red buckram on covers, gilt ornamented spine with raised bands, as-is (slightly rubbed, minor stains). Third edition of the travel account of a journey undertaken by Prince Soltykov in Persia in 1838. Illustrated with 22 lithographs on tinted backgrounds, based on the author’s drawings, depicting Tehran, the bazaar of Zanjan, a Circassian prince, “night dance at Miana,” Tbilisi or Tiflis, “the king going for a walk,” the young Prince Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, etc. Ref. Vicaire VII:575. — Not in Carteret.

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€100 - 120

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30%

SOLTYKOV, Aleksey *Journey to Persia*. Third edition. Paris: V. Lecou, 1854. Large 8vo; frontispiece and 21 plates protected with tissue guards (some foxing). Contemporary half red shagreen, blind-ruled red buckram on covers, gilt ornamented spine with raised bands, as-is (slightly rubbed, minor stains). Third edition of the travel account of a journey undertaken by Prince Soltykov in Persia in 1838. Illustrated with 22 lithographs on tinted backgrounds, based on the author’s drawings, depicting Tehran, the bazaar of Zanjan, a Circassian prince, “night dance at Miana,” Tbilisi or Tiflis, “the king going for a walk,” the young Prince Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, etc. Ref. Vicaire VII:575. — Not in Carteret.

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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