L'orient

First edition.
Contemporary half glazed blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 compartmentalized fleurons. Red shagreen title and volume labels. Combed edges. Spine lightened with areas of discoloration. Some scattered foxing.
A handsome copy.
Collection of the author's articles, travels, and studies on the Orient published in various journals and gathered in this work. Venice, Turkey, the Danube, Greece, Syria, China, Japan, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia. Essays on Salammbo, Persian poetry, hashish, Nerval's Journey to the Orient... One can distinguish a fantasized, romantic Orient, the vision of an aesthete and a painter. A first collection had appeared in 1848 in one volume under the title: Scenes from Oriental Life.