Jaubert Amedee, "Voyage en Armenie et en Perse fait dans les annees 1805 et 1806", Paris, 1821. First edition. 8vo, pp.504. Complete with frontispiece & 10 lithographed plates, after Orlowski, Vernet and Preault, presenting early views of Eastern Anatolia and Persia. Jaubert has been sent as Napoleon’s ambassador to Persia, in order to negotiate an alliance against England. To avoid the English cruisers, he had followed a first time taken route through the Black sea and Armenia. He was among the first to visit the Pontic coast and through Gumushane (Argyroupolis) he continued his travel to Armenia and Persia. Contemporary calf over boards, spine restored, few scattered spotting but generally a good clean copy of an important travel account. Atabey 613, Not in Blackmer.