Lot 297
Choiseul-Gouffier, M.G.F.A., Comte de
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Voyage pittoresque de la Grece. Paris, 1782-1822. 3 volumes, folio, frontispiece portrait, 2 folding maps and 101 leaves of maps and plates in volume 1; 3 double-page maps, 1 table and 17 leaves of maps and plates in volume 2; 3 double-page plates and 43 leaves of maps and plates, plus one original water-colour in volume 3; green half morocco, pp.449-456 and one map in volume 3 never bound in, loosely inserted (margins dust-soiled and slightly frayed), slightly rubbed (3)
Footnote
Provenance: The Earls of Lovelace, Torridon House
Note: First edition of Choiseul-Gouffier's account of his tour of Greece in 1776, accompanying the Marquis de Chabert's expedition to prepare for a new map of the Mediterranean. The expedition toured the islands and coast of Asia Minor as far as Coroni, from where Choiseul-Gouffier explored the mainland. The success of the first volume led to Choiseul-Gouffier being appointed ambassador at Constantinople in 1784. The second volume was started in 1802 on his return to France and completed after his death in 1817 by Barbié du Bocage. Blackmer 342; Cohen-De Ricci 238.