[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. CLAUSTRE, Andre de. Histoire de Thamas Kouli-Kan, Roi de Perse.... Paris: Briasson, 1743.
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. CLAUSTRE, Andre de. Histoire de Thamas Kouli-Kan, Roi de Perse.... Paris: Briasson, 1743.
12mo (163 x 98 mm). Engraved frontispiece, folding map. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, edges red concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Bandar Abbas, Persia (light rubbing to extremities). Provenance: B. Carra de Vaux (bookplate); Mr Geoffroy (signatures).
Second edition of Claustre's work, first published in 1742.
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