Author: Windus, John.
Title: A Journey to Mequinez; the Residence of the Present Emperor of Fez and Morocco. On the Occasion of Commodore Stewart's Embassy thither for the Redemption of the British Captives in the Year 1721.
Description: London: Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand, 1725. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [xxxii], 251, [x]pp. A8, a8, B8-R8, S4 (S4 blank). First edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked at an earlier date. With 6 folding plates engraved by P. Fourdrinier. The large and handsome engraved folding plates depict town views as well as the royal palace. Cox I, p. 370. From the library of Joseph Sadony. First substantial book in English devoted to Morocco. Good.

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