Lot n° 2472  | Auction 408

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Auction: 21 November 2017 at 15:00

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MARSIGLI, Luigi Fernando (1658-1730) - L'Etat militaire de l'empire ottoman, ses progrès et sa décadence. The Hague and Amsterdam: Pierre Gosse e Jean Neaulme [e altri], H. Utywerf & F. Changuion, 1732. First edition with 44 plates and two maps of the Ottoman Empire coloured in outline in a contemporary hand. 2 parts in one volume, folio (385 x 250mm). Titles and text in French and Italian, 3 titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 44 engraved plates numbered 1-44 and 22 bis, nos. 2 and 3 on one plate, several folding, one large folding hand-coloured engraved maps of the Ottoman Empire. Provenance: unidentified inscription on first title - "Le Chevalier de la Cressonnerie" (motto on book label's arms).


Estimate € 1,000 - 1,500

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