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CHENIER, Louis de. Révolutions de l'Empire Ottoman. Paris: chez l'auteur, 1789. 8° (215 x 130mm), half-title. (Quires I-O with worming in gutter occasionally intruding on text, half-title browned, some corners creased.) Modern half calf, uncut, original blue wrappers bound in (spine faded). FIRST EDITION. Atabey 231 (this copy); not in Blackmer.
REUILLY, Jean de (1780-1810). Voyage en Crimée et sur les bords de la Mer Noire pendant l'année 1803. Paris: Bossance, Masson et Besson, 1806. 8° (212 x 130mm), half-title, 2 engraved maps and 3 numismatic plates, all folding, 5 engraved vignettes after J. Duplessi-Bertaux. (Half-title and title browned and with small library stamp, some spotting and browning to maps, lower corners creased.) Modern calf, uncut. Provenance: Bibl. Einsiedel. Reibersd. (stamp). FIRST EDITION of this 'uncommon' work on the Crimea before the Russian conquest. Atabey 1034 (refers to this second copy); Weber I, 10; not in Blackmer. With 3 other works in 2 vols., including Volney's Considérations sur la guerre actuelle des Turcs (London, 1788). Atabey 1304. (4)
REUILLY, Jean de (1780-1810). Voyage en Crimée et sur les bords de la Mer Noire pendant l'année 1803. Paris: Bossance, Masson et Besson, 1806. 8° (212 x 130mm), half-title, 2 engraved maps and 3 numismatic plates, all folding, 5 engraved vignettes after J. Duplessi-Bertaux. (Half-title and title browned and with small library stamp, some spotting and browning to maps, lower corners creased.) Modern calf, uncut. Provenance: Bibl. Einsiedel. Reibersd. (stamp). FIRST EDITION of this 'uncommon' work on the Crimea before the Russian conquest. Atabey 1034 (refers to this second copy); Weber I, 10; not in Blackmer. With 3 other works in 2 vols., including Volney's Considérations sur la guerre actuelle des Turcs (London, 1788). Atabey 1304. (4)