R elation historique d’un voyage nouvellement fait au mont Sinaï et à Jerusalem [ History of a Journey Newly Taken to Mount Sinai and Jerusalem ] by Antoine Morison. Toul, France, 1704.
Description of Morison’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land. His journey began in Egypt in 1697; in the second part, he describes his journey to the Holy Land and the life of Jews in Jerusalem. The third part describes his journey to Asia Minor, Istanbul and surroundings.
Copy without the portrait or the map. [22], 750, [9] pages. 24.5 cm.
There is a piece of paper pasted to the title page with the year detail 1705, but the copy before us is actually that of 1704. Original leather binding, several stains. Fine condition.