BEAUJOUR

VOYAGE MILITAIRE DANS L’EMPIRE OTHOMAN,

OU DESCRIPTION DE SES FRONTIERES ET DE SES PRINCIPALES DEFENSES, SOIT NATURELLES SOIT ARTIFICIELLES.

par Le Baron Felix De BEAUJOUR

Paris,1829

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (205 x 126mm.), half-titles, 5 engraved maps, 4 folding, contemporary calf-backed boards, spines gilt, [Atabey 83; Droulia 1804-5; not in Blackmer and Weber], somewhat spotted and offset, bindings slightly rubbed
Beaujour “was known for his earlier account of commerce in Greece. [This] work… was probably inspired by the ending of the Greek revolution and the necessity which he forsaw for the drawing up of new boundaries” (Blackmer). It appears to be relatively rare at auction.

$ 3.000,00

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