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Livres anciens et modernes

Foster, Sir William (Edited), Joseph Pitts, William Daniel, Char, Les Jacques Poncet

The Red Sea and Adjacent Countries at the Close of the Seventeenth Century as Described by Joseph Pitts, William Daniel, Charles Jacques Poncet

1949

57,34 €

Horizon Books

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Détails

Année
1949
Lieu d'édition
London. The Hakluyt Society
Auteur
Foster, Sir William (Edited), Joseph Pitts, William Daniel, Char, Les Jacques Poncet
Edition
First Edition.
Thème
Travel - General Middle East Africa
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xl,192 pp, folding frontis of Pitt's Plan of the Temple of Mecca, 2 maps including folding, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on front covers, gilt lettering on spine, very slightly rubbed at edge of spine but clean and fine condition, covers bright. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Narratives of travels of Pitts from Algiers to Mecca and return, Daniel from London to Mocha and return, Poncet from Cairo to Abyssinia, De Brevedent's account of the journey to Sennar, etc, with appendix on Ovington's description of Red Sea Ports, and includes a detailed 30 page introduction by Foster. Pitt's description is the first of Mecca by an Englishman.
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