Claudius James RICH
Voyage aux ruines de Babylone, par M.J.C. Riche (sic), résident à Bagdad[Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811]
Firmin-Didot|Paris 1818|12.7 x 20.8 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation of this remarkable study originally published in Vienna in the *Mines de l'Orient*.
The work, translated and enriched with observations and explanatory notes, followed by a dissertation on the location of the Pallacopas by J. Raimond, is illustrated with six folding plates at the end (rather than four, as stated on the title page).
Contemporary binding in green half sheep, spine slightly faded, gilt-stamped with a sphinx, gilt title, cat's-eye marbled paper-covered boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, modern binding.
Some foxing, mainly affecting the opening leaves.
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€700
