Lot n° 236
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CHARDIN (Jean). Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et a - Lot 236
CHARDIN (Jean). Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient...
portrait, (2 ff.), 1 map, 63 plates.
Small folio
Contemporary half vellum, printed label on front cover.
This is the only atlas of Chardin's voyages to the Orient, which usually accompanies this edition.
It consists of a portrait of Chardin engraved by César Macret, a fold-out color map of Persia, Asiatic Turkey and part of the Holy Land, drawn by P. Lapie, and 63 plates, featuring a map and 81 views, costumes, plans, bas-reliefs, etc. The large map was printed on the same paper as the Atlas.
The large map is printed on laid paper, the rest on wove paper.
Chadenat, 4730.
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