OLIVIER, Guillaume-Antoine. Viaggio nella Persia. Milano, Dalla Tipografia Sonzogno e Comp., 1816.

4 vols., 8vo, 170x100 mm, Binding in half leather and boards, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine; 17 etchings by Dalley.

Important travelogue through Mesopotamia, Persia, the Caspian region, Turkey and Greece, by the famous entomologist Olivier (Les Arcs-sur-Argens, Toulon, 1756-Lyon, 1814) with historical notes and about costume. The French naturalist, already famous for his studies on the beetles and spiders, made such a journey from 1792 to 1798, collecting locally numerous entomological specimens, now preserved at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. With 17 etching plates engraved by Dalley and of which 12 colored by Lazaretti, depicting reliefs and architectural fragments (not colored), costumes, characters known and famous locations views.Fine copy.