Du Khorassan Au Pays Des Backhtiaris Trois Mois De Voyage En Perse

Paris: Hachette et Cie. , 1911.. Binding: Contemporary full decorative soft covers, title in gilt on flat spine, upper and lower boards with decorative motifs, uncut edges.

, Notes: The first two volumes are dedicated to the study of Persia's geography, agriculture, commerce, industry, and art, as well as its political, military and religious customs. The final two volumes document their return to Persia in 1907 via Ishqabad, Mashhad, Nichapoor, Sebzevar, Sharoudi, Tehran, Qom, Isfahan, Djoumougoum, the Bakhtiari, and back via Isfahan, Tehran, and the Caspian Sea.

There were only 500 copies of the first edition published. D'Allemagne was an archivist of the library of Arsenal. He travelled to Persia and Russian Turkistan in 1899, and again in 1907 accompanied by Jean Vinchon, who took a number of interesting photographs and field notes that served as the basis of D'Allemagne's book. The route of this scientific mission passes through Kiev, Odessa, Vladikavkaz, Tiflis, Baku, Krasnovodsk. The objective is the archaeological study of Transcaspian monuments and of Turkestan. It will bring together an important ethnographic collection, in particular Persian rugs and ceramics. Returning in 1907 in the company of Jean Vinchon, he visited the towns of Khiva and the surroundings of his oasis. He donated to the Louvre a fragment of a funerary stele brought back from Samarkand. Very nice copies with oriental bindings designed by Jean Tabourier and produced by Canape.

, Size: Folio (330 x 255 mm). , Illustration: First edition of this luxurious book dedicated to Persia and Turkestan. It is illustrated with 960 photographic illustrations in the text, and 255 plates out of text including 47 in color.
Text in French., Volume: 4 volumes. , Category: Book Voyages General; Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Plate Books General;