Voyage en Orient, Paris, 1873, modern buckram

Lot 175
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Lot 175 | Voyage en Orient, Paris, 1873, modern buckram
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Voyage en Orient. Paris: A. Morel et cie, 1873

First edition, folio (437 x 309mm.), half-title, title printed in red and black, 25 lithographed plates by Jules Laurens after Scitivaux, modern buckram, spotting, a few small closed tears, extremities slightly rubbed

Scitivaux, a follower of the artist Couture, accompanied the Comte de Paris on a journey to Egypt and Palestine in 1859-1860. The journey lasted ten months and included visits to Egypt, the Holy Land, Athens, Smyrna, Baalbec, and the Archipelago.
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