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CHARLES NICOLAS SIGISBERT SONNINI DE MANONCOURT – VOYAGE EN GRECE ET EN TURQUIE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DE LOUIS XVI-First edition. Chez F. Buisson, Paris, 1801. 20x13 cm, 2 volumes; Vol. 1; 460 pp., Vol. 2; 460 pp. The front section contains a letter handwritten by the author. Entirely leather binding with gilded ornaments on the ridge. The binding and pages of the book are in very good condition, but 6 engravings and 1 folding map are missing. Atabey 1156, Weber 581.

CHARLES NICOLAS SIGISBERT SONNINI DE MANONCOURT – VOYAGE EN GRECE ET EN TURQUIE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DE LOUIS XVI

First edition. Chez F. Buisson, Paris, 1801. 20x13 cm, 2 volumes; Vol. 1; 460 pp., Vol. 2; 460 pp. The front section contains a letter handwritten by the author. Entirely leather binding with gilded ornaments on the ridge. The binding and pages of the book are in very good condition, but 6 engravings and 1 folding map are missing. Atabey 1156, Weber 581.

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LEATHER BOUND TWO VOLUME BOOK, SENT BY AUTHOR SONNINI AS 'THANKS TO MADAME VEUVE ANDRÉ'…

IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK THERE IS A LETTER HANDRWRITTEN BY SONNINI DATING NOVEMBER 11, 1802 ON 'MADAME VEUVE ANDRÉ'S GUIDANCE…

THE TRAVELOGUE OF THE FRENCH NOBLE NATURAL SCIENTIST SONNINI'S JOURNEY THROUGH EGYPT, WESTERN ANATOLIA AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS TO MACEDONIA…

THE AUTHOR CRITICS THE OTTOMAN ADMINISTRATION WHILE REPORTING HIS OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE WAY OF LIVING, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, THE STATUS OF WOMEN, TRADE, NATURE AND VEGETATION IN İZMIR AND ITS PERIPHERY…

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