Lot 08095

Sainte Maure Charles, “Nouveau voyage de Grece, dEgypte, de Palestine, d’Italie, de Suisse, d’Alsace et des Pays Bas fait en 1721, 1722 et 1723“, 1724, La Haye, Pierre Gosse & Pierre de Hondt, 1724. First edition, Second issue. Small 8vo, pp. xxx, [2], 412. Title in red/black ink. Printer’s fine vignette on title page. Fine woodcut head & tailpieces.

The travel impressions of Sainte-Maure are written in the form of 25 letters, where he vividly describes Corfu, Mykonos, Chios, Rhodes, Smyrna and then Egypt and Palestine.   

Full contemporary calf. Covers paneled with triple fillets in gilt, spine with fleuron decorations in gilt, red edges. Old auction’s description label on rear pastedown, ex-libris label “Βιβλιοθήκη Σπ. Λοβέρδου” in gilt on front pastedown. External rubbing, scratches over the rear board, interior in very fine condition.

Blackmer 1474.