[GARDANNE, Paul-Ange-Louis de]. - Lot 218

[GARDANNE, Paul-Ange-Louis de]. Journal d'un voyage dans la Turquie d'Asie et la Perse fait en 1807 et 1808. A Paris, chez Le Normant, et à Marseille, chez Jean Mossy, 1809. In-12. (4)-128-52 pp. Nineteenth-century half tan morocco, smooth spine decorated with romantic cold-rolled irons and gilt roulettes (one corner torn off pp. 27 of Vocabulaire, binding rubbed). First edition. Copy printed on blue laid paper. Detailed account with instructive remarks on customs, landscapes, statistics, geography, etc., written in the form of a diary by the diplomat Paul-Ange-Louis de Gardanne (1765-1822), attached to the legation and brother of the ambassador. It is followed by an Italian, Persian and Turkish vocabulary including the most common words useful to travelers, by the Georgian prince Timurat Mirza, dedicated to Gardanne. Ex libris with unidentified arms. [Persia].