Olearius Adam - Lot 139

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Olearius Adam - Lot 139
Olearius Adam Very curious & very famous trips made in Moscovia, Tartaria and Persia. Amsterdam, by Michel Charles Le Cene, 1727. 2 volumes in 1 volume large in-4°, contemporary full calf binding, decorated spine with nerves, red morocco title piece, gilt roulette on the cups. Solid binding, defects of use, leather a bit dry, some skinning and a small lack of leather on the second cover of 1 cm square. Collated and complete copy: f.b. - f.b. - title - 16 ff. unencrypted - portrait - 1107 pages (4 pages per folio) 11 ff. unencrypted (table and privilege). The copy contains, in addition to the numerous thumbnails in the text, 40 black plates, most of them folding, representing maps or views of the cities crossed: Moscow, Danzic, the Kremlin, Riga, Astrakhan, Baghdad, Isfahan etc. 2 or 3 uniformly scorched plates as well as a few notebooks. Ex-libris of AJ Delignières de Bommy. Good copy of this remarkable travel book.
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