Recueil De Cent Estampes Representant Differentes Nations Du Levant With Part Two Explication

by C Publisher Charles De Ferriol Jacques Le Hay

$12,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary red morocco, covers ruled in gilt, spine in eight compartments with raised bands, black morocco lettering piece in the second compartment, the others with an overall repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers expert restoration to the joints Provenance: Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone armorial bookplate on verso of the title A beautiful copy bound in 18th-century red morocco of the greatest illustrated book of the Ottoman Empire, featuring

• Binding: Leather

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