Details
LA ROQUE, Jean de (1661-1745). Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse, par l'ocean oriental, & le détroit de la mer rouge ... avec la relation particuliere d'un voyage du port de Moka à la cour du Roi d'Yemen ... un memoire concernant l'Arbre & le fruit du café. Amsterdam: Steenhouwer and Uytwerf, 1716. 12° (154 x 100mm). Engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of Yemen and the Red Sea and 3 folding plates (lightly browned, spotted). Contemporary vellum, manuscript label on spine (soiled).
First published in Paris in 1715, the book includes a long section on the history of coffee with 3 plates depicting the coffee plant. cf. Gay 3680; cf. Blackmer 50.
First published in Paris in 1715, the book includes a long section on the history of coffee with 3 plates depicting the coffee plant. cf. Gay 3680; cf. Blackmer 50.
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.