Travels in Africa and Asia 1814 3 vols.

AFRICA - ASIA. (3). ALI-BEY EL ABBASSI (that is D. Badia y Leiblich). Voyages d´Ali Bey Al Abbassi en Afrique et en Asie pendant les années 1803... et 1807. I-III (lacks atlas).
Paris (de l´imprimerie de P. Didot l´ainé) 1814.

8:o (about 203x124 mm.). 1 engraved frontispiece portrait (some foxing)
Light brown full calf, slightly worn, gilt borders, on middle of covers inlay of black romboid leather within gilt and blindtooled border, gilt inner borders, gilt edges of covers, gilt spines in five compartments (signed spine vol I at foot "relié P. Doll"), gilt edges. Some foxing. Armorial stamp on first endpaper. First edtion. 3 volumes.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.

See text, lacks atlas