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

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Nouvelle Relation en forme de journal, d’un voyage fait en Egypte. Par le Père Vansleb en 1672 & 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).