- 3189
La Roque, Jean de (1661-1743).
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description
- Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse, par l'ocean oriental, et le detroit de la Mer Rouge. Amsterdam: Steenhouwer and Uytwerf, 1716
12mo (166 x 94mm.), [16], 343, [11]pp., title-page in red and black, illustration: engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map depicting Yemen, the Red Sea and part of Arabia including Mekkah, 3 folding engraved plates, binding: contemporary calf, spine in compartments gilt, brown morocco lettering piece, a few tiny marginal holes, spotting
Literature
Weber II, 468; cf. Gay 3680; cf. Atabey 673 (Paris imprint of the same year)
Catalogue Note
Jean de la Roque was born at Marseilles and studied oriental languages before voyaging to the Levant in 1688-89. This account of journeys in the East includes a lively account of coffee production.