A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN OF THE LORD AMBASSADOR HOWARD'S RETINUE, TO HIS FRIEND IN LONDON: DATED AT FEZ, NOV. 1. 1669 Wherein He Gives a Full Relation of the Most Remarkable passages in Their Voyage Thither, and of the Present State of the Countries Under the power of Taffaletta, Emperour Of Morocco; with a Brief Account f the Merchandizing Commodities of Africa; as also the Manners and Customs of the People There

Edité par Moses Pitt, London, 1670

Small quarto (5-1/4" x 7") bound in 19th Century 3/4 calf leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spine, housed in a modern cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered spine label; 36 pages. WING L61. "Henry Howard, Sixth Duke of Norfolk, went out to Morocco as Ambassador in 1669. The writer gives an interesting account of the voyage to Tangiers, of a great storm they experienced and of seeing a water-spout, also of seeing a Hamburg merchantman chased by a Turkish pirate. Then follows an account of Tangiers and of the Massacre of Andrew Rutherford, Lord Teviot and six hundred English soldiers who had gone to cut wood about three miles from the city, in 1664. A long account is given of the journey to Fez, of the manners and customs of the people and of recent happenings in the country. At the close is a separate section on the Native Commodities of Africa" (MAGGS BROS Voyages and Travels Vol. 5. Part V. Catalogue #827). Bookplate on front pastedown of Rev. Henry Cunliffe, M.A. (1826-1894), Vicar of Shifnal, Shropshire. Part of his library was sold at Sotheby's, Wilkinson & Hodge in 1897. Small stains to title page; spine lightly chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers tight. Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 021502

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Titre : A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN OF THE LORD ...
Éditeur : Moses Pitt, London
Date d'édition : 1670
Reliure : Hardcover
Edition : First Edition.