Gustave Léon SCHLUMBERGER [Gustave SCHLUMBERGER]
Les Principautés franques du Levant d'après les plus récentes découvertes de la numismatique[The Frankish Principalities of the Levant According to the Most Recent Discoveries in Numismatics]
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1877|14.2 x 23.2 cm|Relié
First edition, illustrated with figures in the text (cf. Hage Chahine, 4405.)
Contemporary bradel binding in full beige percaline, smooth spine darkened, olive green shagreen lettering-piece, binding of the period.
Occasional foxing.
The sole edition of one of the earliest works by the numismatist Gustave-Léon Schlumberger (1844-1929), who specialised in the history of the Crusades and the Byzantine Empire.
Autograph inscription signed by Gustave-Léon Schlumberger to the archaeologist Alban-Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey (1837-1916), a specialist of medieval Syria.
€750