Lot n° 538
Estimation :
150 - 200
EUR
[MARANA (Jean-Paul)] - Lot 538
[MARANA (Jean-Paul)]
L'espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens, ou lettres et mémoires d'un envoyé secret de la porte dans les cours de l'EuropeCologne, Kinkius, 1715.
6 volumes in -12 : 22f., 364pp. / 12f., 334pp. / 373pp., 5f. / 312pp., 4f. / 394pp., (11) / 314pp., 4f. ; illustrated with 7 engraved frontispieces, a folding map, a folding plan, a folding view of Constantinople and 24 plates out of text.
Contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed, red title-pieces and tomisons (3 blond pieces), some headbands faded, gilt fillet framing the boards, rubbing and minor defects, dull corners, marbled edges.
This work provided Montesquieu with the idea for his "Lettres Persanes".
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