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First and only edition of this major scientific and commercial account devoted to the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, exceptionally rare complete with its atlas. The first two volumes are dated 1799, Volumes III and IV 1802, and Volumes V and VI 1807, reflecting the eight years required to complete publication of this monumental work. Issued in octavo, the work was also published in a large-paper quarto edition. The atlas, itself in first edition, comprises 50 plates issued in three instalments: the first devoted to the Ottoman Empire (17 plates), the second to Egypt and Persia (plates 18–33), and the third to the journey through Persia proper (plates 34–50). It...

New edition prepared by Pierre Baquelier (this edition had already appeared in 1517 and 1519). Two folding plates of genealogical trees illustrating the laws of consanguinity. Large title vignette depicting Gratian teaching the clergy. Printer’s device under the colophon fo.ccccxxii. Printed in Gothic type in two columns (52 lines). Edition for which the privilege was shared with Jean Petit. Title page printed in red and black. Copy fully rubricated in red, with titles also in red. Decorated woodcut initials. The appendices include a biography of Gratian; the Decretum abbreviatum in oratione soluta by Johannes Andreae, as well as the text of the plates: Declaratio arboris...

Original color print heightened with gold, printed on vergé paper, signed in the plate.

An original print used to illustrate the Gazette du bon ton, one of the most attractive and influential 20th century fashion magazines, featuring the talents of French artists and other contributors from the burgeoning Art Deco movement.

A celebrated fashion magazine established in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton appeared until 1925, with a hiatus from 1915 to 1920 due to the war (the editor-in-chief having been called up for service). It consisted of 69 issues printed in only 2,000 copies each and notably illustrated with 573 color plates and 148 sketches...