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Libert et associés

250 - [TRAVEL]. REUILLY (Jean-Jacques RACAULT DE). • A Journey to Crimea and Along the Shores of the Black Sea, in the Year 1803; Followed by a Treatise on Trade in the Black Sea, and Notes on the Principal Trading Ports. Paris: Published by Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1806. •• Description of Tibet, Based on the Account of the Tangut Lamas Settled Among the Mongols. In Paris, published by Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1808. Two works in one 8vo volume, light calfskin, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, decorated ribbed spine (Thouvenin).

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Estimation

€300 - 400

Sale fees

30%

[TRAVEL]. REUILLY (Jean-Jacques RACAULT DE). • A Journey to Crimea and Along the Shores of the Black Sea, in the Year 1803; Followed by a Treatise on Trade in the Black Sea, and Notes on the Principal Trading Ports. Paris: Published by Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1806. •• Description of Tibet, Based on the Account of the Tangut Lamas Settled Among the Mongols. In Paris, published by Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1808. Two works in one 8vo volume, light calfskin, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, decorated ribbed spine (Thouvenin). • FIRST EDITION. Five plates, including a large map of Crimea and a “Plan of Sevastopol and its Environs”; six engraved vignettes by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux; and three folded plates. •• First and only French edition published by Baron de Reuilly and translated from the German by Peter Simon PALLAS. Engraved vignette on the title page by Duplessis-Bertaux. Copy with generous margins. Spine and inner front cover faded; some foxing.

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Auction details

Books & Graphic Works
Tuesday, November 10
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Libert et associés +33 1 48 24 51 20 info@libert-associes.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 35,000 lots published

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