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REINAUD, Joseph Toussaint.
Description des monumens musulmans du cabinet de M. le duc de Blacas; notions préliminaires et description particuli'ere des pierres gravées arabes, persanes et turques, des vases, coupes, miroirs, &c.
Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1828. 2 volumes 8vo (21.2 x 13.7 cm). Half title, title, xv, 400 pp.; half title, title and 488 pp., 10 plates, 2 of which folding; occasional browning. Contemporary red straight grained morocco gilt panels, enclosing the arms of Charles X, pale blue watered silk doublures and flyleaves, inner gilt dentelles, gilt edges.
FINELY BOUND COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, WITH THE ARMS OF CHARLES X, KING OF FRANCE. Reinaud (1795-1867), an arabic scholar, became president of the Société Asiatique. Cresswell p500; Wilson p186; Diba p141; Schwab 477; Hilmy II, p159; Brunet IV, 1198.
Price: £ 5000
US Dollar Price: $ 9920
Stock Number: 50203