[Iran]. MYR-DÂVOUD-ZADOUR DE MÉLIK SCHAHNAZAR ; CHAHAN DE CI - Lot 213

[Iran]. MYR-DÂVOUD-ZADOUR DE MÉLIK SCHAHNAZAR ; CHAHAN DE CIRBIED (Jacques-M.), ed. and trans. Etat actuel de la Perse. Imprimé en persan et traduit en arménien et en françois... Paris, Nepveu, 1817 (engraved title)-1818 (printed title). In-18, [2] f., 360 p., front, engraved title, 1 plate, contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine, gilt title and fillets, cold fleurons (headbands dulled, jaws rubbed; moderate browning, 1 corner missing from margin p.115). A careful and scholarly edition, with a large part of the volume printed in Armenian, and another in Persian. The illustrations include a frontispiece with a portrait of the author, an engraved title illustrated with a vignette showing a Persian pendant with a reclining lion and sun, and an engraved plate showing Katchadour d'Hohannès, officer to the Royal Prince of Persia; all colored. Provenance: Arnold Morel-Fatio (1813-1887), banker and numismatist (engraved bookplate).