Compte de Cholet, "Voyage en Turquie dAsie, Armenie, Kurdistan et Messopotamie", Paris, 1892. First and only edition. Contemporary binding, slightly rubbed. 8vo,19x13cm, pp. 390. Complete with a folding map and many illustrations (very early photos of the interior of Anatolia). Armand Pierre de Cholet, a French officer, has been sent in late 1880s to explore, for military reasons, the interior of Anatolia, Armenia and the adjacent countries. His travel account contains very detailed descriptions of the Anatolias heartland, its multinational society and monuments. From Angora to Kaisaria (Kayseri), up to Sevastia (Sivas), he visited most of the countryside, providing vivid accounts. In his travel, Compte de Cholet was equipped with a photographic machine, providing very early views of these areas. Uncommon, not in Atabey or Blackmer.