[LUYNES (Albert de)]. Voyage d'exploration à la Mer Morte, à - Lot 125

[LUYNES (Albert de)]. Voyage d'exploration à la Mer Morte, à Petra et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain, by M. le Duc de Luynes. Posthumous work published by his grandsons under the direction of M. le Comte de Vogüé. Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, [1874]. 3 volumes in-folio (365 x 266mm), stapled (text) and one volume in-folio (atlas) in leaves in cardboard folder (covers a little faded, scattered foxing, heavier on volume 3 of text). First edition of the important posthumous publication of the scientific expedition led by the Duc de Luynes to the Dead Sea basin. The first volume of the Voyage d'exploration includes Luynes' account of his journey from Marseille to Beirut and Jerusalem, the shores of the Dead Sea, the kingdoms of Ammon and Moab, the Judean desert, the Arabah, the Red Sea and Petra, then from Hebron to Jaffa, revised by M. de Vogüe. The second volume contains Vignes' account "De Pétra à Palmyre" (p. 1-79) and Mauss and Sauvaire's report "Voyage de Jérusalem à Karak et à Chaubak" (p.81-222). The third volume is devoted to Louis Lartet's geological studies, illustrated with maps, geological sections and lithographic plates of minerals and fossils. I) False-title, title, III p. Foreword, 388 p. - II) False title, title, (1) p., 222 p., (3) f. - III) False-title, title, VI p. Foreword, 326 p., 14 plates including 4 in color on double page - Atlas) The atlas consists of a false-title, title, 85 plates including 2 folding maps in color, 1 double-page plate, 64 photogravures on steel by Ch. Nègre for the part concerning the Voyage du Duc de Luynes and 18 plates including 14 lithographed by Eugène Cicéri for the part concerning the Voyage de M. Mauss. Numerous illustrations in the text. Untrimmed copy.