[Rarebooks] FS: A 1670 Account of Morocco

[Charles Agvent]

One of several early titles on Morocco in our new catalog released today:

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A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN OF THE LORD AMBASSADOR HOWARD'S RETINUE, TO 
HIS FRIEND IN LONDON: DATED AT FEZ, NOV. 1. 1669 Wherein He Gives a Full 
Relation of the Most Remarkable passages in Their Voyage Thither, and of 
the Present State of the Countries Under the power of Taffaletta, 
Emperour Of Morocco; with a Brief Account f the Merchandizing 
Commodities of Africa; as also the Manners and Customs of the People 
There. London: Moses Pitt, 1670. First Edition. Small quarto (5-1/4" x 
7") bound in 19th Century 3/4 calf leather with gilt-lettered and 
decorated spine, housed in a modern cloth clamshell box with a 
gilt-lettered spine label; 36 pages. WING L61. "Henry Howard, Sixth Duke 
of Norfolk, went out to Morocco as Ambassador in 1669. The writer gives 
an interesting account of the voyage to Tangiers, of a great storm they 
experienced and of seeing a water-spout, also of seeing a Hamburg 
merchantman chased by a Turkish pirate. Then follows an account of 
Tangiers and of the Massacre of Andrew Rutherford, Lord Teviot and six 
hundred English soldiers who had gone to cut wood about three miles from 
the city, in 1664. A long account is given of the journey to Fez, of the 
manners and customs of the people and of recent happenings in the 
country. At the close is a separate section on the Native Commodities of 
Africa" (MAGGS BROS Voyages and Travels Vol. 5. Part V. Catalogue #827). 
Bookplate on front pastedown of Rev. Henry Cunliffe, M.A. (1826-1894), 
Vicar of Shifnal, Shropshire. Part of his library was sold at Sotheby's, 
Wilkinson & Hodge in 1897. Small stains to title page; spine lightly 
chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers tight. Very Good. 
(#021502)        $1,000

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