Louis Des Hayes (Baron de Courmenin). Voiage de Levant.

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Louis Des Hayes (Baron de Courmenin). Voiage de Levant.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Engraved illustrations include: Fold-out map of Jerusalem,smaller images include: maps, nautical maps and costumes. pp. [8], 404, [20]. Marginal tears not affecting text, browned. Contemporary limp vellum with later leather ties and endpapers. Sm. folio. Atabey 344; Blackmer 479 (second edition).

Paris: A. Taupinart 1624

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,600

Louis Des Hayes, Baron de Courmenin, undertook various diplomatic missions on behalf of Louis XIII. In 1621 the king sent him to the Levant, Jerusalem in order to establish a French consulate, wrest the Holy Places into French control and present votive offerings in the name of the king at the Holy Sepulchre. The mission was successfully accomplished and the envoy returned to France in 1622.