DAVOUD-ZADOUR DE MELIK-SCHAHNAZAR - Lot 23

DAVOUD-ZADOUR DE MELIK-SCHAHNAZAR État actuel de la Perse, printed in Persian and translated into Armenian and French by J. Chahan de Cirbied, Paris, impr. Nepveu, 1817, in-18, p. 360, half-bound with period corners. Watercolor engravings of the author, ambassador to the King of Persia in 1816, and the accompanying officer of the Royal Prince of Persia, Khatchadour d'Hovhannès, both Armenian. A very fine copy. An engraving is included: Mir Davoud-Zadour de Melik-Chah Nazar, Envoyé de Sa Majesté le roi de Perse, Chevalier de première classe des Ordres du Soleil et du Lion. Soleil et du Lion. Engraving after a drawing by De L'Écluse and engraved by Jazet, published by Nepveu, bookseller in Paris, circa 1815. Missing upper margin and a small loss at top right.