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Lot 08051 |

KINNEIR John Macdonald, “‎Voyage dans lAsie Mineure, lArménie et le Kourdistan, dans les années 1813 et 1814; suivi de remarques sur les Marches dAlexandre, et la retraite des Dix-Mille… Traduit de lAnglais par N. Perrin”, Paris, Gide fils, 1818. COMPLETE in 2 volumes. 8vo,  pp.428, [1] & 401, [2]. Including a large rare folding map entitled “Carte de L’Asie Mineurede l’Armenie et du Kourdistan”. The author was a Scottish diplomat and explorer that have extensively traveled in the Levant initially as a member of Sir John Malcom’s mission (1808-1809) and few years after individually. The author provides detailed descriptions of his journeys from Vienna to Constantinople, from Constantinople to Ankara, continuing to Kayseri (Καισαρεία) & Papadokia, Latakia, Cyprus, Karamania, Konya (Ικόνιο), the south shores of the Black Sea visiting Samsun and Trabzon (Σαμψούντα & Τραπεζούντα) and heading to Erzurum, Bitlis, Mardin, Mosul & Bagdad. Contemporary calf spines, marbled covers. Minor external wear, very fine condition inside. Cobham-Jeffrey p. 31; Navari, Cyprus, I, 282; Atabey 636.

STARTING PRICE  €250

SOLD // €300.00


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