Original French travel book from the year 1765 Observations Historiques et Gèographiques Sur les Peuples Barbares qui ont habite les bords du Danube & du Pont-Euxin.
By: Claude-Charles de Peyssonnel (Historical and geographical observations, on the Barbarian peoples who inhabit the banks of the Danube and the Black Sea) – In the French language.
From Pp. 241: Voyage a Magnesie, a Thyarie, a Sardes &c Contenant une Relation de ce qu’li y a de plus curieux en Monumens Antiques & beaucoup d’Inscriptions intéressantes, dont plusieurs n’étoient pas connus, avec des Remarques Historiques & Géographiques; By: Peyssonnel, Charles. (Trip to Magnesia, Thyarie, Sardis and other, containing a report of its ancient monuments, common places with historical and geographical notes.) – In the French language. Two volumes in one binding.
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Chez N. M. Tilliard, Librarie, Quais des Augustinus, à Saint Benoît (De l’Imprimerie de C.F. Simon, Imprimeur de la Reine & de l’Archevêché, 1765.
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Pp.: XLIV + 364 + 12 copperplate engravings (4 maps and + 8 plates with 15 illustrations + folded leaf between pp 346 and 347 numbered 346 + illustrated frontispiece. Plates between pp.: 56-57, 86-87, 106-107, 242-243, 356-357. Size: 25,5 x 21 cm.
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Binding: original leather binding. Bottom spine joint cracked, bumped edges, borders of the panels somewhat worn, back of the panels, endpaper and flyleaf marbled with a few words inscribed in ink probably from the period of publishing. Spine gilt-stamped.
Condition: Minor foxing and stains. Overall in very good condition, ex libris of the previous owner on the title page.
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