Africa.- Frejus (Roland de) The Relation of a Voyage made into Mauritania, in Africk ... to Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c. For the Establishment of a Commerce in all the Kingdom of Fez, and all his other Conquests, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, woodcut decorations, 3 advertisement ff. misbound at end of first part, occasional light marginal browning or soiling, modern antique-style calf, [Wing F2161], small 8vo, by W. Godbid, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt, at the white Hart in little Brittain, 1671. ⁂ First edition of this rare account, no copy has appeared at auction since 1985. Translated from the French work published the previous year, the first part gives an account of the journey while the second provides more detail of the people and society including wildlife, foods and the method of making wine used in the Jewish communities.
Africa.- Frejus (Roland de) The Relation of a Voyage made into Mauritania, in Africk ... to Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c. For the Establishment of a Commerce in all the Kingdom of Fez, and all his other Conquests, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, woodcut decorations, 3 advertisement ff. misbound at end of first part, occasional light marginal browning or soiling, modern antique-style calf, [Wing F2161], small 8vo, by W. Godbid, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt, at the white Hart in little Brittain, 1671. ⁂ First edition of this rare account, no copy has appeared at auction since 1985. Translated from the French work published the previous year, the first part gives an account of the journey while the second provides more detail of the people and society including wildlife, foods and the method of making wine used in the Jewish communities.
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