[D'ARVIEUX, Laurent; ROQUE, Jean de la (editor & translator)].

Voyage Fait Par Ordre du Roy Louis XIV. Dans La Palestine,

Name: Voyage Fait Par Ordre du Roy Louis XIV. Dans La Palestine,
Brand: [D'ARVIEUX, Laurent; ROQUE, Jean de la (editor & translator)].
SKU: 122853
Price: 2063.00 USD
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Voyage Fait Par Ordre du Roy Louis XIV. Dans La Palestine,

vers le Grand Emir, Chef des Princes Arabes du Desert, connus sous le nom de Bedouins, ou d'Arabes Scenites, qui se disent la vraie posterite d'Ismael fels d'Abraham. Ou il est traite des Moeurs & des Coutumes de cette Nation. Avec la Description generale de l'Arbie, faite par le Sultan Ismael Abulseda, traduite en Francois sur les meilleurs manuscrits, avec des notes.

Stock Code 122853

Paris, Andre Cailleau, 1717.

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First printing of one of the earliest account of Bedouins, described during a stay at Mount Carmel in 1664, later confirmed as accurate by explorers such as Niebuhr.

From 1653 to 1665 the Chevalier d'Arvieux stayed in Palestine, Constantinople, and North Africa as a merchant and diplomat. His travel notes were published posthumously along with the first translation into French of Abu al-Fida's (known as Isma'il bin 'Ali bin Mahmud bin Muhammad bin 'Umar bin Shahanshah bin Ayyub bin Shadi bin Marwan) description of Arabia by Jean de la Roque (1661-1745) (titled Description Générale de l'Arabie).

First edition; 12mo (16.5 x 10 cm); 4 engraved plates, 1 of which folding, contemporary ownership inscription to title and front endpaper; contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in six compartments with gilt lettering piece, all edges speckled red, a touch of rubbing, a very good copy; [xxxiii], 316, [ii], xiv, 76, [8] pp.

Atabey 38; Blackmer 50; Henze I, 101; Tobler, 108; Weber, 337.

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