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Sestini, Domenico.
Estimate
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Description
- Voyage de Constantinople à Bassora, en 1781, par le Tigre et l'Euphrate, et retour à Constantinople en 1782, par le désert et Alexandrie... traduit de l'Italien. Paris: Dupuis, l'an VI [1797/8]
first french edition, 2 parts in one volume, 8vo (202 x 125mm.), half-title, folding map, nineteenth-century calf-backed boards, some spotting, tear in half-title repaired, somewhat rubbed, upper cover almost off, spine slightly worn
Literature
Blackmer 1530; cf. Atabey 1126 (Italian edition); cf. Weber II, 595 (Italian edition); not in Cobham-Jeffery
Catalogue Note
The journey concludes with a visit to Cyprus (chapters 11-13, part 2).