[ARVIEUX, Laurent d']. Voyage dans la Palestine, vers le Grand Emir, Chef des Princes Arabes du Desert, connus sous le nom de Bedouïns, ou d'Arabes Scenites, que se disent la vraïe posterité d'Ismaël

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With a mediaeval Description of Arabia [ARVIEUX, Laurent d']. Voyage dans la Palestine, vers le Grand Emir, Chef des Princes Arabes du Desert, connus sous le nom de Bedouïns, ou d'Arabes Scenites, que se disent la vraïe posterité d'Ismaël fils d'Abraham. Fait par ordre du Roi Louis XIV. Avec la Description General de l'Arabie, faite par le Sultan Ismael Abulfeda, traduite en François sur les meilleurs manuscrits, avec des notes. Par M. de la Roque. Amsterdam: Steenhouwer Uytwerf. 1718. 12mo. Contemporary full speckled calf, boards with blind-ruled borders, gilt-ruled board-edges, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one, marbled endpapers, red edges, green silk marker; pp. [46 (title, verso blank, dedicatory epistle, 'Avertissement', contents and approbation, publisher's catalogue)], 342, [6 (table of Arabian cities and table of contents)]; engraved additional title by and after J. Wandelaar, three engraved plates by Wandelaar, one engraved folding plate of Mount Carmel, title printed in red and black and with wood-engraved publisher's device, wood-engraved and type-ornament headpieces, wood-engraved initials; extremities slightly rubbed, some light browning, traces of bookplate inside front cover, nonetheless a very good copy. Pirated Amsterdam edition, following the first and second editions of 1717 and 1718 issued in Paris. This work, based on d'Arvieux's manuscript, was edited by Jean de La Roque (1661-1745), who had made several voyages to the Leva

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