[PEYSSONNEL, Charles Claude]. Essai sur les troubles actuels de Perse et de Géorgie.

[PEYSSONNEL, Charles Claude]. Essai sur les troubles actuels de Perse et de Géorgie.[PEYSSONNEL, Charles Claude]. Essai sur les troubles actuels de Perse et de Gorgie. Paris: Dessaint et Saillant. 1754. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, ornamented in gilt and with gilt stamped red morocco lettering piece; pp. [iii] xii, [13] 155, [3], with two folding genealogical tables, bound without half title but a gorgeous copy, with early 20th century stamp of Tromso Museums Bibliotek to front fly

[PEYSSONNEL, Charles Claude]. Essai sur les troubles actuels de Perse et de Géorgie. Paris: Dessaint et Saillant. 1754.

Small 8vo. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, ornamented in gilt and with gilt-stamped red morocco lettering-piece; pp. [iii]-xii, [13]-155, [3], with two folding genealogical tables, bound without half-title but a gorgeous copy, with early 20th-century stamp of Tromso Museums Bibliotek to front fly-leaf.

Scarce first edition. In 1757 the author followed in his father's footsteps as French Consul in Smyrna. For over 30 years he held that post, representing France to the Khans of the Tartars, and later he was posted in Crimea. He was ideally suited to write on the Iranian domination of at least Eastern Georgia, and the clash of intersts between Iran and the Ottoman Empire.

SKU: 2121566