Voyage en Crimée, au Caucase, en Géorgie, en Arménie, en Asie-Mineure et à Constantinople, en 1829 et 1830 ; pour servir à l'Histoire de Hongrie

First edition illustrated with 5 plates outside the text, including 4 folding lithographs printed in Marseille by Charavel: Plan of the camp at the foot of Mount Elbrus, View of Mount Elbrus, Inscription in Russian, Huno-Scythian alphabet, Inscription on two white marbles found at Magyar (cf. Blackmer 131, Atabey 105).

Spine split with small losses, some corner defects to the boards.

"The author was interested in tracing the origins of the Magyars to the Caucasian peoples. In 1829-1830 he travelled through the Caucasus and then into Armenia. He also produced a Turkish grammar,"

Abrégé de la Grammaire Turque, Pest, 1829 [Leonora Navari].

On the verso of the half-title appear the author’s and the publisher’s stamps and autograph signatures.

Printed ex-libris of J. de Sainte-Foy.