119 - André DAULIER-DESLANDES. The Beauties of Persia, or A Description of the Most Curious Aspects of That Kingdom, Enriched with a Map of the Country and Several Engravings Drawn from Life… With an Account of Some Maritime Adventures of L.M.P.R.D.G.D.F. Paris, Gervais Clouzier, 1673. Small quarto, brown calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands (contemporary binding).

André DAULIER-DESLANDES. The Beauties of Persia, or A Description of the Most Curious Aspects of That Kingdom, Enriched with a Map of the Country and Several Engravings Drawn from Life… With an Account of Some Maritime Adventures of L.M.P.R.D.G.D.F. Paris, Gervais Clouzier, 1673. Small quarto, brown calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands (contemporary binding). Brunet, I-723 /// Engraved title page, (6f.)-133-(1f.) First edition of this rare and sought-after work, illustrated with an engraved title page, a fold-out map, and 7 plates, 5 of which are fold-outs depicting views of Isfahan, Shiraz, Tchelminar, and Kademgha, based on drawings by André Daulier-Deslandes. The author had traveled with Tavernier during the year 1664. The second part of the work, written by Louis Marot, “Royal Pilot of the French Galleys” in the Mediterranean, recounts his adventures in the Barbary States. Binding is heavily damaged and rubbed, with losses at the hinges and along the spine; one plate is discolored. Ex-libris by Roger Dupouy.