First Edition. 12mo. 122 leaves, 6 engraved plates and 1 folded plan by F. Ertinger, printer’s woodcut device on the title-page.
Barbier II, 301.
Not in Quérard.
Gay 1264.
Rouard de Card, page 27.
Listed on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue with the price,
3.0 (livres).
The copy described is without the name of the author on the title-page; that described by Rouard de Card has the name of the
author which also is given by Jefferson, as above, making it probable that there were two issues of the book.
François Pidou de St. Olon, 1640-1720, French diplomat, was for a time ambassador extraordinary to Morocco. The dedication of this book
Au Roi is signed
Pidou de S. Olon.
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Revolutions de Maroc. par Brathwaite. tradñ.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 80, as above.
BRAITHWAITE,
John.
Histoire des Révolutions de l’Empire de Maroc, depuis la mort du dernier Empereur Muley Ismael . . . Traduite du Journal
Anglois, écrit par le Capitaine Braithwaite, qui a accompagné Mr. Jean Russel, Ecuyer, Consul-Général de Sa Majesté Britannique en Barbarie; & qui a été témoin oculaire
des plus remarquables événemens mentionnez dans cet Ouvrage. Et enrichie d’une Carte de cette partie de l’Afrique.
A
Amsterdam: chez
Pierre Mortier,
1731.
First edition of this translation. 12mo. 252 leaves, the first and last blanks, folded engraved map, title-page printed in red
and black.
Gay 1218.
Rouard de Card, page 31.
Entered in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue with the price,
3 (livres).
John Braithwaite, 1700?-1768? was in the service of the Royal African Company, to the Governors of which the first edition (London 1729) of
this book was dedicated. The diary of the narrative extends from March 1727 to February 1728, and is followed by a
Suplément, and
Observations naturelles, Morales, & Politiques sur le Pays & les Habitans. The English edition was quickly translated into Dutch, German and French.
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Memoire sur le royaume de Tunis. par de S
t. Gervais.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 81, as above.
SAINT GERVAIS,
de.
Memoires Historiques qui concernent le Gouvernement de l’ancien & du nouveau Royaume de Tunis. Avec des Reflexions sur la
Conduite d’un Consul, & un détail du Commerce. Dédiés à Mr. le Comte de Maurepas, Commandeur des Ordres du Roi, Ministre &
Secretaire d’Etat de la Marine. Par Monsieur de Saint Gervais . . .
[
Genève] A
Paris: chez
Ganeau, fils,
Henry,
1736.
First Edition. 12mo. 178 leaves.
Quérard VIII, page 337.
Gay 1383.
Ashbee,
Bibliography of Tunisia, page 57.
Rouard de Card, page 22.
de Saint Gervais, was at one time the French consul at Tunis. [punct.
sic--
Ed.]
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