[Rarebooks] FS: 1713 ACCOUNT OF SOUTH-WEST BARBARY: CONTAINING WHAT IS MOST REMARKABLE IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE KING OF FEZ AND MOROCCO

[Charles Agvent]

OCKLEY, Simon. AN ACCOUNT OF SOUTH-WEST BARBARY: CONTAINING WHAT IS MOST 
REMARKABLE IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE KING OF FEZ AND MOROCCO. Written by 
a Person who had been a Slave there a Considerable Time; and Published 
from his Authentick Manuscript. To Which are added, Two Letters: One 
from the Present King of Morocco to Colonel Kirk; The Other to Sir 
Cloudesly Shovell: With Sir Cloudesly's Answer, &c. London: J. Bowyer 
and H. Clements, 1713. First Edition. Octavo (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in 
contemporary full calf leather with elegantly tooled boards, housed in a 
modern cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered spine label; xxxi, [i], 
152 pages. With folding map engraved by Senex. Simon Ockley (1678-1720), 
prominent English Arabist, edited this anonymous captivity account of 
Christians enslaved by Islamic pirates. "Barbary" was a European term 
with pejorative connotations for Northern Africa. Small stains to title 
page; spine lightly chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers 
tight. Very Good. (#021501)        $1,500

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