Lot 375
Morocco.- Pidou de Saint Olon (François) Present State of the Empire of Morocco; With a faithful account of the manners, religion, and government of that people, first edition in English, 1695.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Morocco.- Pidou de Saint Olon (François) Present State of the Empire of Morocco; With a faithful account of the manners, religion, and government of that people, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece, folding map and 8 plates of costumes, occasional browning but a good copy generally, book label and ink inscription to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint cracked but holding firm, chip to head of spine, [Wing P2159], 8vo, by R. Bentley, 1695.
⁂ Pidou de Saint Olon led a 1693 embassy to the Sultan of Morocco in the hopes of securing a treaty. The mission was unsuccessful and returned after only a month.
Provenance: Wiston Old Rectory (book label); Reynold and Janet Stone (ink inscription "Found and given to Janet Stone by her husband Reynolds in memory of a stay in Morocco March 1970").
Description
Morocco.- Pidou de Saint Olon (François) Present State of the Empire of Morocco; With a faithful account of the manners, religion, and government of that people, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece, folding map and 8 plates of costumes, occasional browning but a good copy generally, book label and ink inscription to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint cracked but holding firm, chip to head of spine, [Wing P2159], 8vo, by R. Bentley, 1695.
⁂ Pidou de Saint Olon led a 1693 embassy to the Sultan of Morocco in the hopes of securing a treaty. The mission was unsuccessful and returned after only a month.
Provenance: Wiston Old Rectory (book label); Reynold and Janet Stone (ink inscription "Found and given to Janet Stone by her husband Reynolds in memory of a stay in Morocco March 1970").
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter