[Didot, Ambroise Firmin]
Notes d'un Voyage fait dans le Levant en 1816 et 1817
£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Paris: Firmin Didot, [1826], First edition, 8vo, half-title, ?publisher's remainder blue wrappers, uncut, [Blackmer 485]
Footnote
Note: "This rare work, only a few copies were published. He played an important role in fund-raising and promotion for the Paris Greek Committee, of which he became secretary. The present volume concludes "Fin de la première partie des notes" but a second part was never realised". (Blackmer)
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair