Relation d'un voyage du Levant. Paris, 1717, 2 vols, contemporary crushed red morocco gilt

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Lot 185 | Relation d'un voyage du Levant. Paris, 1717, 2 vols, contemporary crushed red morocco gilt
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Relation d'un voyage du Levant... contenant l'histoire ancienne & moderne de plusieurs isles de l'Archipel, de Constantinople, des côtes de la Mer Noire, de l'Arménie, de la Georgie, des frontières de Perse & de l'Asie Mineure. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1717

2 volumes, 4to (255 x 190mm.), 152 engraved plates and maps, a few folding, contemporary crushed red morocco gilt, spines gilt with raised bands in six compartments, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, spines slightly worn

Tournefort was a botanist who set out for the Levant in 1700 at the behest of Louis XIV, travelling extensively in the Archipelago, visiting most of the islands in the Cyclades and many in the Northern Sporades. He spent a considerable time in Crete before going on to Constantinople and Asia Minor.
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