Sale 2549 - Lot 178
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Sale 2549 - Lot 178
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 10,000
Coste, Pascal Xavier (1787-1879)
Monuments Modernes de la Perse.
Paris: A. Morel, 1867.
First edition, over-sized folio, ex libris Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), with numerous examples of his ownership rubber stamp on many leaves; illustrated with seventy-one number plates on fifty-six sheets, of which eight are hand-colored and seven are double-page; wood engravings in text portion; half-title present; loose sheets as issued housed in a modern custom case; some damage to a few plates, marginal chipping neating mended throughout, some foxing; 22 1/2 x 17 in.
Monuments Modernes de la Perse.
Paris: A. Morel, 1867.
First edition, over-sized folio, ex libris Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), with numerous examples of his ownership rubber stamp on many leaves; illustrated with seventy-one number plates on fifty-six sheets, of which eight are hand-colored and seven are double-page; wood engravings in text portion; half-title present; loose sheets as issued housed in a modern custom case; some damage to a few plates, marginal chipping neating mended throughout, some foxing; 22 1/2 x 17 in.