MARMOL Y CARVAJAL, Luis - Marmol's Africa. From... Lot 41

MARMOL Y CARVAJAL, Luis - Marmol's Africa. From the translation of N. Perrot d'Ablancourt. With the History of the Cherif, translated from the Spanish by Diego Torres, by the Duke of Angoulesme the Father. Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1667. 3 vol. in-4, Volume I : (17) ff. with one blank, 532 pp., (16) ff. 12 maps. Volume II : (8) ff. 578 pp, (25) ff. 4 maps. Volume III : (5) ff. 304 pp, (10) ff. of which two inverted, (7) ff. with title ''Histoire des Chérifs,'' 226 pp, (5) ff. lacking, as almost always, the title of volume III, ink stain in upper margin on about 100 ff, light spotting, russ, brown calf gran. of the ep. very defr. 28 folding maps by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville. The original edition was published in Granada in 1573. First French edition, dedicated to the king. The author was imprisoned by the Moors for eight years, following Charles V's expedition to North Africa, and learned the Arabic language and culture during this period. He describes Africa according to Arab sources as well as contemporary authors. Contains a general map of Africa as well as maps of Arabia, Persia, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Hungary, Turkey, France, Italy and Spain. Ex-libris ms. ''Duc de Valentinois, Bibliothèque de Passy.'' It is about Jacques de Goyon, count of Matignon (1689-1751), sovereign prince of Monaco under the name of Jacques I. Great collector, he had acquired a house in Passy in 1736 to store his paintings, his medals, his sculptures, etc... and his books.