Morocco.- Pidou de Saint Olon (François) Estat Present de L'empire de Maroc, first edition,
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NO RESERVE Morocco.- Pidou de Saint Olon (François) Estat Present de L'empire de Maroc, first edition, engraved folding map and 8 plates of costumes, lacking 1 folding plate, book-label of Col. Felix A Matthews "Consul-General of the United States of America to Morocco", map mounted on linen, a few instances of underlining in a contemporary hand, occasional browning and light spotting, contemporary calf, worn, joints split but covers holding, small loss to spine, Michel Brunet, 1694; The Present State of the Empire of Morocco. With a Faithful Account of the Manners, Religion, and Government of the People, first English edition, engraved folding map and 8 plates of costumes, lacking frontispiece, title with small hole repaired, not affecting text, browned throughout with scattered spotting, disbound and loose with remains of spine, [Wing P2159], for R. Bentley, 1695, marginal damp-staining to plates, 8vo.
⁂ Pidou de Saint Olon led a 1693 embassy to the Sultan of Morocco in the hopes of securing a treaty. The mission was unsuccessful and returned after only a month.
⁂ Pidou de Saint Olon led a 1693 embassy to the Sultan of Morocco in the hopes of securing a treaty. The mission was unsuccessful and returned after only a month.
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Morocco.- Pidou de Saint Olon (François) Estat Present de L'empire de Maroc, first edition,
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