Ալիշան (Ղեւոնդ) [ALISHAN (Léonce)]. Քաղաքական աշխարհագրութիւ - Lot 15

Ալիշան (Ղեւոնդ) [ALISHAN (Léonce)]. Քաղաքական աշխարհագրութիւն նկարացոյց պատկերօք [Political geography illustrated with maps and pictures]; [bound in suite] Տեղագիր Հայոց Մեծաց [Geographical description of Greater Armenia]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1853-1855. In-4 XVI-[2]-801; 105 p., period green half-chagrin, spine 4 nerfs, gilt title, date and fillet, gilt edges, (jaws and headbands worn, corners dull, slight foxing). Two works of geography in one volume by Léonce Alishan (1820-1901), the second dedicated to Armenia. The illustration consists of 13 folding plates (12 copper-engraved maps in Paris, plus a table). The maps include a double-hemisphere world map and the continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania). The work entitled Description géographique de la Grande Arménie contains a detailed map of Armenia.