Travel
PITTON de TOURNEFORT, Joseph.
Relation d'un voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du Roi, contenant l'Histoire ancienne & moderne de plusieurs Isles de l'Archipel, de Constantinople, des cotes de la Mer Noire, de l'Armenie, de la Georgie, des frontieres de Perse & de l'Asie Mineure.
Amsterdam 1718. First edition. 2 volumes, 4to., titles in red and black, 152 engraved plates and maps, some folding, ownership inscriptions in ink on titles, contemporary calf, some skilful recornering, some tears to upper cover of Vol. I repaired.
Vol. I devoted to the Greek Archipelago and the Eastern Mediterranean. Vol. II Asia Minor, the Black Sea, the Caucasus & Persia. The author was one of the greatest botanists of his time discovering many new plant species during his travels in the Levant. Plates include town plans etc., text gives explanations of medals and ancient monuments, the customs and costumes, the religions, commerce and also descriptions and plates of plants and the natural history. Cf. Atabey 960 (first ed.); Blackmer 1318; Lipperheide 1442 (for this edition only); Hunt 444; Zacharakis (1982) 2058-2068.
Price: £ 2600
US Dollar Price: $ 5160
Stock Number: 33673