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PERTUSIER, Charles (1779-1836). La Bosnie considérée dans ses rapports avec l'Empire Ottoman. Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1822. 8° (197 x 122mm), half-title, lithographic frontispiece of Mahmoud II. (Some spotting.) Later embossed calf, marbled edges (spine worn). FIRST EDITION. Atabey 944 (refers to this second copy); Blackmer 1294.
PIOLET, Jean-Baptiste. Les missions Catholiques Françaises au xixe siècle. Paris: Armand Colin, [1901]. Vol. I only, large 8° (277 x 185mm), many illustrations. Contemporary green morocco-backed boards (spine faded to brown, joints slightly splitting). Vol. I is devoted to 'Missions d'Orient' -- DU VELAY, A. Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie. Paris: Arthur Rousseau, 1903. 8°. (Light marginal browning.) Contemporary roan-backed boards (joints rubbed). Provenance: 1903 gift inscription on title. FIRST EDITION; and 50 other books and pamphlets of historical and political interest, most late 19th or early 20th century, in French. (53)
PIOLET, Jean-Baptiste. Les missions Catholiques Françaises au xixe siècle. Paris: Armand Colin, [1901]. Vol. I only, large 8° (277 x 185mm), many illustrations. Contemporary green morocco-backed boards (spine faded to brown, joints slightly splitting). Vol. I is devoted to 'Missions d'Orient' -- DU VELAY, A. Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie. Paris: Arthur Rousseau, 1903. 8°. (Light marginal browning.) Contemporary roan-backed boards (joints rubbed). Provenance: 1903 gift inscription on title. FIRST EDITION; and 50 other books and pamphlets of historical and political interest, most late 19th or early 20th century, in French. (53)