[NÉANT, Nolasque] Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans les trois voyages que les religieux...

[NÉANT, Nolasque] Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans les trois voyages que les religieux de l'ordre de Nostre Dame de la Mercy ont faits dans les états du roy de Maroc pour la redemption des captifs en 1704, 1708 & 1712. Paris A.-U. Coustellier 1724 12mo: [16]-438 pp. (sm. marg. tear A8, sm. tear in text C7, very few spots). Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. and titled spine with raised bands, red edges (spine rubbed, corners bumped, joint starting to split, sm. defects to head and tail). First edition of this rare travel account of 3 journeys by Mercedarian friars (Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy) for the redemption of Christian captives in Morocco, dedicated to the bishops of Bretagne, anonymously written upon return to France. Detailing both the mission as well as their travels, this book gives a curious insight in 18th-c. Spain and Morocco. It concludes with a list of "esclaves rachetez". Ref. Chadenat 5116. - Not in Barbier. Prov. Old sm. entry on title.