Lot 03131

Cholet C., “Voyage en Turquie d Asie, Armenie, Kurdistan et Messopotamie”, Paris 1892. First and only edition. Contemporary leather over boards, slightly rubbed. In 8vo 19x13cm, half title, title, 390p. and many illustrations (very early original photos of the interior of Anatolia). Ex libris of the Bibliotheque de Livourne (withdrawn) with relevant stamp. Armand Pierre de Cholet, a French officer, had been sent in the late 1880s to explore, for military reasons, the interior of Anatolia, Armenia and the adjacent countries. His travel account has plenty of very detailed descriptions of the Anatolia heartland, its multinational society and its monuments. From Angora to Kaisaria (Kayseri) up to Sevastia (Sivas) he had visited most of the countryside, leaving vivid accounts. In his travel, he was equipped with a photographic machine, providing very important early captures of these areas. Uncommon, not in Atabey or Blackmer.