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Henri MAUNDRELL

Voyage d'Alep à Jerusalem, à Pâques en l'année 1697

Chez Guillaume van Poolsum, à Utrecht 1705, In 12 (9x15cm), (10) 251pp., relié.

Reprint of the first edition published in French in 1704, rare, illustrated with 9 figures including 5 folding plates of Mount Tabor, Baalbek, cisterns of Solomon ... A Paris edition will also be published in 1705 The first edition English Date from 1703 to Oxford.Pleine sheepskin blond rooted posterior (c. 1790). Smooth back features 5 irons and repeated roulette. Head cover torn off. Émoussés.Aumônier two corners of the English Levant Company in Aleppo, Maundrell performed a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1696 along with 14 co-religionists. The narrative follows the form of a daily newspaper. Travelers passing through Lebanon and Syria, and Maundrell reports the first description of Baalbek known by the English and gives other descriptions of famous sites: Sidon, Palmyra, Tyre. The author focuses particularly on the premises of the Old Testament around Jerusalem, Samaria, Dead Sea, Nazareth ... --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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