Journal d'un voyage dans la Turquie-d'Asie et la Perse, fait en 1807 et 1808.

In-8º, [2], 128, 52. half tan basane, smooth spine decorated, lemon edges. Copy on blue paper. Corners worn, spines split.

Text by a former owner in purple ink on the flyleaf.

Rare first edition of this relation composed in the form of notes or letters. It remains important for everything concerning statistics, geography and archaeological details. It is followed by a vocabulary: 'Vocabulario italiano, persico et turco, composto da sua altezza serenissima Timurat Mirza, principe di Giorgia: Dedicato a M. de Garde, fratello della Sua Eccellenza the Ambasciatore di Francia appreso the Imperatore di Persia