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John Braithwaite (1700?-1768?)
The History of the Revolutions in the Empire of Morocco, upon the death of the late Emperor Muley Ishmael; being a most exact journal of what happen'd in those parts in the last and part of the present year. With observations natural, moral and political, relating to that country and people. London: J. Darby and T. Browne, 1729. 8° (22.4 x 13.7cm.) 16pp. subscribers' list, folding map by John Senex. (Lacking final blank). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: Henry Grey, Duke of Kent (1664?-1740, subscriber, armorial bookplate dated 1713); Thomas Philip de Grey, Earl de Grey (1781-1859, Wrest Park, armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. A subscriber's copy of Braithwaite's spirited work on the contemporary history of Morocco, including an eye-witness account of the expedition of the British Consul-General John Russell through Morocco, covering a period between July 1727 and February 1728. 'In the preface Braithwaite describes himself as being in the service of the African Company, and as having, when very young, served in the fleet in Anne's reign, and then having been a Lieutenant in the Welsh fusiliers, ensign in the royal guards, and secretary to his kinsman Christian Cole, British resident at Venice, with whom he travelled through Europe. He also states that he was in the Santa Lucia and St.Vincent expeditions, and was present at the Siege of Gibraltar (1727).' (DNB).
The History of the Revolutions in the Empire of Morocco, upon the death of the late Emperor Muley Ishmael; being a most exact journal of what happen'd in those parts in the last and part of the present year. With observations natural, moral and political, relating to that country and people. London: J. Darby and T. Browne, 1729. 8° (22.4 x 13.7cm.) 16pp. subscribers' list, folding map by John Senex. (Lacking final blank). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: Henry Grey, Duke of Kent (1664?-1740, subscriber, armorial bookplate dated 1713); Thomas Philip de Grey, Earl de Grey (1781-1859, Wrest Park, armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. A subscriber's copy of Braithwaite's spirited work on the contemporary history of Morocco, including an eye-witness account of the expedition of the British Consul-General John Russell through Morocco, covering a period between July 1727 and February 1728. 'In the preface Braithwaite describes himself as being in the service of the African Company, and as having, when very young, served in the fleet in Anne's reign, and then having been a Lieutenant in the Welsh fusiliers, ensign in the royal guards, and secretary to his kinsman Christian Cole, British resident at Venice, with whom he travelled through Europe. He also states that he was in the Santa Lucia and St.Vincent expeditions, and was present at the Siege of Gibraltar (1727).' (DNB).
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