Germain-François Poullain de SAINT-FOIX
Lettres de Nedim Coggia, Revües, Corrigées et Augmentées[Letters of Nedim Coggia, Revised, Corrected and Expanded]
Pieter Mortier|Paris • Amsterdam 1750|8.6 x 14.7 cm|Relié
New edition, partly original (cf. Quérard VII, 308. See Blackmer and Atabey for other editions. Not in Conlon.)
Contemporary full mottled fawn calf binding, smooth spine decorated with panels adorned with a bird tool surrounded by small gilt fleurons, green calf title-piece, gilt fillets to edges, red edges.
Spine and joints restored.
The title-page is engraved and enhanced with wash (two Turks in conversation with a European).
"This work contains [the 21] letters of Neddim Coggia, supposedly describing his experiences in Paris as secretary to the embassy of Mehemet Effendi in 1721 (…) Blackmer incorrectly states that the Letters of Nedim Coggia and the 'Le
€600