Kotzebue, Moritz von. Voyage en Perse, a la suite de l'Ambassade Russe, en 1817 [...] Traduit de l'Allemand par M. Breton.

Paris, A. Nepveu, 1819.

8vo. II, 286 pp. Half title. 4 engraved plates, printed in sepia and hand-coloured, each plate depicting 2 images. Contemporary calf-backed pink paper covered boards, flat spine divided by gilt roll tools in six compartments, lettered in the second compartment, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt.

 1.800,00

First edition in French of a journal of travels in Persia, illustrated with hand-coloured plates. In 1817, Moritz Kotzebue was the brother of the explorer Otto van Kotzebue. "As a young lieutenant in Russian service, he travelled to Persia in the cortege of a Russian embassy sent to the encampment of Fatha-al-Shah at Soltaniyeh. He kept an informative journal of this embassy, which was afterwards published by his father in Weimar" (Howgego). French, English, Dutch and other editions followed; the present French edition is prized for its hand-coloured plates, not found in other editions.

Provenance: Baron du Puget (period ink stamp on title).

Literatur

Howgego K19. Abbey, Travel 390 (English edition with uncoloured aquatints).

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