Levant.- [Choiseul-Gouffier (Marie Gabriel Florent August de)] Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vol. in 3, first edition, vol. 1 first issue, half-titles, engraved titles, engraved portrait to vol. 2 part 2 only (as called for), 283 engraved plates on 165 sheets, two folding engraved maps, one double-page table, engraved head- and tail-pieces, one plate trimmed and laid down, scattered faint spotting, odd faint marginal stain, bookplates to vol. 1 only, vol. 1 in contemporary calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 2 parts 1 & 2 in contemporary boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 342], folio, Paris, 1782-1822.

⁂ Both volumes are bound differently, as often, given the time difference between the first and final volume being published.

The first volume of Voyage Pittoresque received such acclaim that in 1784 Choiseul-Gouffier was appointed as ambassador at Constantinople, where he remained until removed by the revolutionary government in 1792.