Egypt.- Murtadhá ibn Al-Khafif. L'Egypte de Murtadi, fils du Gaphiphe, ou il est Traité des Pyramides, du Débordement du Nil, & autres merueilles de cette province, selon les opinions & traditions des Arabes, translated by Pierre Vattier, first edition, variant imprint, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt but lacking label, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, 12mo, Paris, L.Billaine, 1666.
⁂ Translation of a manuscript found in Cardinal Mazarin's library, consisting of a collection of writings about Egypt. Of two issues in the same year (no preference ascertained) this is the less common, with L.Billaine in imprint rather than Thomas Joly.
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