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JOSEPH PITTON DE TOURNEFORT – RELATION D’UN VOYAGE DU LEVANT
De L’imprimeri Royale, Paris, 1717. 2 volumes. Volume 1; 544 p., volume 2; 526 p., 25.5x18.5 cm, 152 plates engravings. In fully leather luxurious binding.. In very fine condition, some professional restoration at the spine and cover corners. Atabey 959; Weber II 458; Blackmer 1318; Brunet V, 903
A CLASSIC… IT HAS BEEN TRAVELERS' REFERENCE GUIDE FOR CENTURIES AND IS STILL APPLICABLE TO RESEARCH FROM VARIOUS BRANCHES TODAY... Commissioned by the King of France Louis XIV. to bring new plants for the Royal Botanic Garden, Tournefort’s book gives information about his visit to the Aegean Islands, Anatolia, especially the Black Sea, the Caucasus and Iran, the vegetation in the places he visited, as well as the topography, economy, governance, nations and their customs in daily life accompanied by many engravings.
ŞEFİK ATABEY IS THE FIRST AND ONLY TURKISH COLLECTOR TO HAVE HIS BOOK COLLECTION SOLD AT SOTHEBY'S…
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