D´Antermony´s Travels Russia and Asia 1766
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RUSSIA. (3). BELL D´ANTERMONY, JEAN. Voyages depuis St. Petersbourg en Russie, dans diverses contrées de l´Asie, A Pékin... A Ispahan... A Derbent... A Constantinople... On y a joint une description de la Sibérie, & une carte des deux routes de l´auteur entre Moscow & Pekin... I-III,. Paris (chez Robin) 1766.
8:o. (7, first leaf blank), viii-xii, (1)-407, (1 blank), (4), (1)-362, (2 blank), (4), (1)-332, (4, last blank) pp. 1 folding engraved map (tear).
Contemporary brown full mottled calf, somewhat worn, small crack in lower joint of vol. I, gilt edges of covers, slightly faded richly gilt spines, red spine labels, 2 spines somewhat damaged at head, red edges. Minor foxing. Bookplates of de Clos, la Balme, and Gösta Nobel. 3 volumes.
Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.
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6134
Datum:
2017-06-20