Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d' ANVILLE
Analyse de la carte intitulée les Côtes de la Gréce et l'archipel. [Suivi de] Mémoire sur la Mer Caspienne. Lû à l'Académie Royale des Sciences en Mai 1777
[Analysis of the Map Entitled The Coasts of Greece and the Archipelago. [Followed by] Memoir on the Caspian Sea. Read at the Royal Academy of Sciences in May 1777]
Imprimerie Royale (1640-1792)|Paris 1757-1777|19.5 x 25.8 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition of each volume.
The first work lacks its map, while the second retains it.
Full marbled blond calf binding, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral and scroll motifs, red calf title labels, gilt fillet borders on the covers, gilt roll tooling along the edges, cat’s-eye endpapers and pastedowns, green edges, contemporary binding.
Restorations to the spines, joints fragile, repairs to the title leaves, handwritten notes at the head of the first page of text in each volume.
€1,200