DELESSERT, Adolpe. Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans l'Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Paris: Fortin, Masson and Langlise et Leclercq, 1843. 4° (236 x 166mm). Title vignette, folding map, and 35 plates, comprising 8 lithographic views by V. Dollet, and 27 engraved zoological plates, most by J.G. Prêtre, all but 3 hand-coloured by Gérard (some spotting affecting lithographs and text, two lithographs browned, map slightly torn near fold). Late 19th-century calf-backed boards (lightly rubbed, upper joint a little cracked). Provenance: ANDRE ENGEL COLLECTION. FIRST EDITION. Dividing his work into two parts, Delessert first describes the route taken by his scientific expedition, and then the more important natural history findings. Of the 27 hand-coloured engravings which illustrate the latter, 11 are devoted to lepidoptera. 'Ce genre de vie me plaisait beaucoup,' the author writes in his introduction (p. ii), 'cette existence nomade a ses charmes que nulle description ne peut rendre; il faut être chasseur et naturaliste pour les comprendre et les apprécier. Les privations, la fatigue, l'ardeur du soleil, rien ne pouvait compenser le plaisir que me procurait la possession d'un objet nouveau'. Nissen ZBI 1067; Vicaire III, 119. FRASER, James Baillie (1783-1856). An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia ... including a description of Afghanistan and Beloochistan. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, and London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1834. 8° (162 x 100mm). Folding engraved frontispiece map, 6 wood-engraved plates and 7 illustrations. Contemporary red morocco gilt with decorative onlays, gilt edges (rubbed at extremities and on spine, corners bumped). Provenance: Louisa Clarke, 1848 (elocution prize, inscription front free endpaper). Provenance: purchased from Lonchamp, Lausanne, December 1924, for frs. S. 30 -- ANDRE ENGEL COLLECTION. FIRST EDITION. Fraser's overview of Persia based on his experience on his one journey to Persia, with Dr. Jukes, in 1821-22. He had previously written two books based on his travels, published in 1825 and 1826. Howgego II, F24; Wilson p. 75. (2)