Nouvelle Relation en forme de journal, d’un voyage fait en Egypte - Vansleb -1673

In Paris, at Estienne Michallet.

In 12, brown calf, ornate nerve back (binding of the time). Worn caps. 423pp

Rare First Edition

Sent by Colbert to Ethiopia, this German philologist (1637-1679), never went beyond Egypt in his travels. He stayed there for 20 months. Knowing Arabic, he was able to collect a lot of information from the population and other descriptions already made. If this is not the first relationship on Egypt, it is the first of a man residing long in the country; it is in any case one of the first, but the very first in this way (Shadenat I,714).