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

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

A. Taupinart

Place

Paris

Publication

1624

Description

FIRST EDITION. Engraved illustrations include: Fold-out map of Jerusalem,smaller images include: maps, nautical maps and costumes.

references

Atabey 344; Blackmer 479 (second edition).

summary

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.

pp. [8], 404, [20]. Marginal tears not affecting text, browned. Contemporary limp vellum with later leather ties and endpapers. Sm. folio.

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