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Olivier, Guillaume-Antoine
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Atlas pour servir au voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, L'Egypte, et la Perse. Paris: Chez H. Agasse, an IX– XII–1807 (1801–1803/04–1807)
Folio (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.; 325 x 240 mm). Half-title, 50 engraved maps and plates (including 9 folding maps; some light browning, plate 9 misbound before plate 18 in second issue. Contemporary blue paste paper boards, smooth calf spine lettered gilt, plain endpapers, edges sprinkled gilt; boards scuffed.
Folio (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.; 325 x 240 mm). Half-title, 50 engraved maps and plates (including 9 folding maps; some light browning, plate 9 misbound before plate 18 in second issue. Contemporary blue paste paper boards, smooth calf spine lettered gilt, plain endpapers, edges sprinkled gilt; boards scuffed.
Condition
Folio (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.; 325 x 240 mm). Half-title, 50 engraved maps and plates (including 9 folding maps; some light browning. Contemporary blue paste paper boards, smooth calf spine lettered gilt, plain endpapers, edges sprinkled gilt; boards scuffed.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition. A French entomologist with an interest in botany, Olivier collaborated with Jean-Baptiste Lamark and Jean guillaume Bruguière in the publication of Le Journal d'Histoire Naturelle (1792). The same year Olivier and Pierre Marie Auguste Broussinet (whom he had met while studying at Montpellier) were ordered by the government to the Ottoman Empire on the French Near East Expedition. On arrival in Istanbul, they discovered the French ambassador had been removed. While awaiting further instruction, the two naturalists travelled to Turkey, Greece, and Egypt, collecting plant and animal specimens. They then received instructions to proceed to Baghdad, Kermanshak, and Teheran and negotiate a Franco-Persian alliance. Brugière died en route for France, but Olivier arrived in 1798 with their specimens. Between 1801 and 1807 he published an extensive account of the expedition, along with this varied atlas.