Voyage Dans Le Levant en 1817 et 1818.
Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1819.
Large copper engraved folding plan of Saint Sepulcre. Octavo, [12], 460pp. Contemporary tree calf, some scuffing barely visible. Decoratively gilt spine, red leather spine label, marbled edges. Rare text volume to accompany Forbin's illustrated atlas folio work on the Levant. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1819. Near Fine.
Forbin (1770 %u2013 1841) was Director of museums of France in 1816, a position that would allow him a year-long tour throughout the Levant, authorized to purchase antiquities for the Louvre, Forbin travelled to Greece, Constantinople, Acre, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Rama, Gaza, Cairo and Egypt. Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: First
Language: French
Price: $1,500.00
Item #276345