{"product_id":"darvieux-voyage-palestine-1717-first-edition-122853","title":"Voyage Fait Par Ordre du Roy Louis XIV. Dans La Palestine,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtabey 38; Blackmer 50; Henze I, 101; Tobler, 108; Weber, 337.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"[D'ARVIEUX, Laurent; ROQUE, Jean de la (editor \u0026 translator)].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307077443959,"sku":"122853","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/122853_3_aeab82af-cceb-4e1d-94ac-359fbe4face7.jpg?v=1784221110","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/darvieux-voyage-palestine-1717-first-edition-122853","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}