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Lot 79

TAVERNIER (JEAN BAPTISTE)
Les Six Voyages... en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes, 2 vol.; Suite des voyages... ou Nouveau Recüeil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers et curieux, FIRST EDITIONS, Paris, Gervais Clouzier, 1776[-1779] (3)

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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TAVERNIER (JEAN BAPTISTE)

Les Six Voyages... en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes, 2 vol.; Suite des voyages... ou Nouveau Recüeil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers et curieux, FIRST EDITIONS, engraved frontispiece portrait and 39 engraved plates (of 44?), some folding, 2 plates repaired with some losses, a few other small repairs, occasional light dampstaining and spotting, later sheep, 2 joints weakened, rubbed with a few small areas of worming to covers [Brunet V, 681 (note); Cordier Japonica 393], 4to (248 x 175mm.), Paris, Gervais Clouzier, 1776[-1779] (3)

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Provenance: Carmelite Convent, Riom, early inscription on title-pages.

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