Paul Lucas - Paul Lucas - Voyage dans la Grèce, l'Asie Mineure, la Macédoine et l'Afrique - 1712 - 2 vols, 16 - 1712

Voyage du Sieur Paul Lucas, fait par ordre du Roy dans la Grèce, l'Asie Mineure, la Macédoine et l'Afrique. Paris, Chez Nicolas Simart, 1712.First original edition, 2 volumes in-12mo (Tome I & II). Famous account of travels in the Levant, Anatolia, Jerusalem, and Egypt, edited by Étienne Fourmont.Illustrations:Complete with all 16 engraved copperplates (8 in Vol. I and 8 in Vol. II), including folding views, ancient inscriptions, and the folding map of Faiyum (Carte du Pays de Fioum).Condition: Contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands, gilt-tooled spines, and double morocco labels (slightly differing gilt tooling between the two volumes, a married set). Small chip to the headcap of Vol. II. Clean laid paper overall; one inscription plate is closely trimmed at the margin by the contemporary binder with slight loss of text.