Lot 103
  • 103

Otter, Jean.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Voyage en Turquie et en Perse, avec une relation des expéditions de Tahmas Kouli-Khan. Paris: frères Guerin, 1748
first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo (162 x 88mm.), engraved folding map, nineteenth-century green morocco-backed boards, spines gilt, some side-notes cropped

Provenance

Ömer Koç, book label

Literature

Atabey 894; Blackmer 1229 (lacking map); Weber II, 512; Wilson p.164

Catalogue Note

Otter was sent to Persia by the French government on a commercial mission. In addition to providing an account of his dealings in Persia, the work also describes his journey from Constantinople across Asia Minor, including Baghdad and Basrah. There is also much information on the Turkish-Persian wars during the reign of Tahmas Kouli-Khan.