John MALCOLM
Histoire de la Perse, depuis les tems les plus anciens jusqu'à l'époque actuelle ; suivie d'observations sur la religion, le gouvernement, les usages et les moeurs des habitans de cette contrée[The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time; Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of that Kingdom]
Pillet aîné|Paris 1821|12.8 x 20.5 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition of the French translation, illustrated with a lithographed frontispiece portrait, six engraved plates by Ambroise Tardieu, and a large folding map, all outside the text (cf. Schwab, p.48, no. 360).
Some foxing, mainly affecting the beginnings and ends of the volumes, otherwise a handsome and attractively bound copy.
Contemporary binding in half aubergine shagreen, spines slightly faded, with five raised bands, decorated with black fillets and gilt floral tools, gilt dates at foot, marbled paper-covered boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, a few surface abrasions.
The original edition, A History of Persia, was first publishe
€1,500