Voyage en Arménie et en Perse, fait dans les années 1805 et 1806, par P. Amédée Jaubert

First edition, rare, illustrated with a very large folding map of the regions between Constantinople and Tehran, and 9 lithographs (by Aubry, Vernet...), and a frontispiece portrait of the Persian prince Albas Mirza.
Restoration period half light brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets and tools; roulette at foot. Marbled edges. Rubbing to boards, but handsome copy with perfectly fresh paper.
Amédé Jaubert, orientalist, was first taken by Napoleon to Egypt where he served as interpreter; in 1805 he was entrusted with an important diplomatic mission to Iran where he was to negotiate with the Shah to establish France's position in that region. During his journey, he was imprisoned by the Pasha of Bayazid and thrown into a cistern for three months. The travel account describes many regions that had never been visited by Europeans.