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12mo (164 x 92 mm) 8 nn.ll. (including title), 403 pp., 6 nn.ll.(table and privilège). Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands.
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Gay, 3680 (“curieux ouvrage”) ; Atabey, 673; Bitting, 274 (for the Amsterdam edition).
First edition.
Voyage de l’Arabie Heureuse is written by the writer ans scientific editor Jean de La Roque based on original manuscripts or log books of the participants of the expedition. His account included details on Jemen, Madagascar, Socotra, Abyssina, including details on the people and scenery. Le Voyage de l’Arabie Heureuse contains the account of the first expedition held between 1708 and 1710, together with the “Voyage de Moka à la cour du roi d’Yémen entre 1711 et 1713”.
These two books are mainly concerned with exchange of goods and commerce including coffe, but also observations on traders in the Soukh, diplomatic excahnge in Jemen, and more. The detailed memoir on coffee “Traité historique de l’origine et du progrès du café, tant dans l’Asie que dans l’Europe ; de son introduction en France, & de l’établissement de son usage à Paris”, is also included. The work is illustrated with a large engraved folding map, and three engraved plates depicting the coffee plant and its fruit.
[Together with :]
[LA ROQUE, Jean de]. Voyage fait par ordre du roy Louis XIV dans la Palestine, vers le grand Emir, chef des princes arabes du désert, connus sous le nom de Bédoüins, ou arabes scénites… Avec la description générale de l’Arabie, faite par le sultan Ismaël Abulfeda, traduite en françois. Paris, André Cailleau, 1717. 12mo de 16 ff.n.ch. (including ), 316 pp., 1 nn.l., XIV & 76 pp., 4 nn.ll. (table).
Brunet, III, 850 ; not in Röhricht.
First edition.
Illustrated with 3 engraved plates showing a noble Arab, the Emir and his Princess, and a view of “Camp des arabes sur le mont Carmel du costé de la ville de Caifa”.
Fine set of two first editions uniformly bound.
Provenance: Claude Gabriel Doüet de Vichy (book plate).
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