Lot 56
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de
Voyage into the Levant
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
Perform'd by Command of the late French King. Containing the Ancient and Modern State of the Islands of Archipelago; as also of Constantinople, the Coasts of the Black Sea, Armenia, Georgia, the Frontiers of Persia, and Asia Minor. London: for D. Midwinter [and others], 1741. Second edition in English, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, engraved folding map, 152 engraved plates (many folding), bindings slightly worn, volume 1 front joint cracked and with variable worming to lower margins, affecting title-page imprint and the bottom line or catchword in a few early leaves, volume 2 title-label perished [Hunt 444; Nissen ZBI 4154] (3)
Provenance
Sir George Shuckburgh, Bart (engraved bookplates).