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The Relation of a Voyage Made Into Mauritania, in Africk, By the Sieur Roland Frejus of Marseilles, by the French King's Order, in the Year 1666 to Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c. for the Establishment of a Commerce in all the Kingdom of Fez, and all his other conquests [...] English'd out of French. [Bound with, as usual:] Marchant. A Letter, in answer to divers Curious Questions Concerning the Religion, Manners, and Customs, of the Countrys of Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta
by FREJUS, Roland
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London: Printed by W. Godbid...to be Sold by Moses Pitt, 1671. First English Language Edition. Small octavo (14.5cm). Full 18th-c. calf, rebacked, with earlier backstrip laid down; page edges dyed red; pp [7],119;71; the second part with separate title page. Leather somewhat parched, especially on spine, and with some crazing to board edges; still a sound, firm copy, textually complete and very fresh; Very Good. Manuscript price on title page above publisher's imprint (1[s]6[d]). Lacking the three pages of advertisements noted in some copies. Engraved shelf label to front pastedown of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet and Lord Minto (1722-1777), with the Elliot famiy motto "Credunt Quod Vident."
Of this work, John Locke is said to have written: "The author of this voyage into Mauritania was sent by the king of France's order in the year 1666, to settle trade in the kingdom of Fez, and gives a very just, though brief account of his voyage and negotiation. There is added to it a letter of monsieur Charant, who lived twenty-five years in Suez and Morocco, giving an account of the religion, manners, trade, &c. of those people" (see "Catalogue and Character of most Books of Travels," in Churchill, Collection of Voyages and Travels, 1704; and see John Samuel Harpham, "Locke and the Churchill Catalogue Revisited" [Locke Studies, Feb 2018] for a convincing argument attributing the "Catalogue" to Locke). Quite scarce in commerce, with only two copies appearing at auction this century. GOLDSMITH'S 1978.
Of this work, John Locke is said to have written: "The author of this voyage into Mauritania was sent by the king of France's order in the year 1666, to settle trade in the kingdom of Fez, and gives a very just, though brief account of his voyage and negotiation. There is added to it a letter of monsieur Charant, who lived twenty-five years in Suez and Morocco, giving an account of the religion, manners, trade, &c. of those people" (see "Catalogue and Character of most Books of Travels," in Churchill, Collection of Voyages and Travels, 1704; and see John Samuel Harpham, "Locke and the Churchill Catalogue Revisited" [Locke Studies, Feb 2018] for a convincing argument attributing the "Catalogue" to Locke). Quite scarce in commerce, with only two copies appearing at auction this century. GOLDSMITH'S 1978.
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- The Relation of a Voyage Made Into Mauritania, in Africk, By the Sieur Roland Frejus of Marseilles, by the French King's Order, in the Year 1666 to Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c. for the Establishment of a Commerce in all the Kingdom of Fez, and all his other conquests [...] English'd out of French. [Bound with, as usual:] Marchant. A Letter, in answer to divers Curious Questions Concerning the Religion, Manners, and Customs, of the Countrys of Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta
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- FREJUS, Roland
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- First English Language Edition
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- Printed by W. Godbid...to be Sold by Moses Pitt
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- London
- Date Published
- 1671
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