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[TRAVEL - BRÈVES (François SAVARY DE) & DU CASTEL (Jacques)]. An Account of the Travels of Monsieur de Breves, Both in Greece, the Holy Land, and Egypt, and in the Kingdoms of Tunis and Algiers. Included is a treaty concluded in the year 1604 between King Henry the Great and the Sultan of the Turks, as well as three discourses by the aforementioned gentleman. Paris: Nicolas Gasse, 1628. Small quarto, ivory vellum, plain spine with title in ink (contemporary binding). ã4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Bbb4, A-D4, E2, a-f4, a-c4, d2, A-F4, A4, é4 & í4. FIRST EDITION. The work contains a two-part account of the journey undertaken by François SAVARY DE BREVES (1560–1628) from Constantinople, where he served as ambassador, to France, passing through Palestine, Greece, Egypt, and North Africa. This is followed by the 1604 treaty of alliance between Henry IV and Sultan Amat, secured through the ambassador’s mediation, and then three speeches, including the one titled “[…] on the sure means of destroying and ruining the monarchy of the Ottoman Princes,” all compiled by his secretary Jacques Du Castel. Front cover stained. “A very rare account […]” (Chadenat, 4724); Hage-Chahine, 647. GOOD COPY IN ITS PERIOD VELLUM BINDING.