126 - [Greece]. SAVARY de BREVES, François, Count.

[Greece]. SAVARY de BREVES, François, Count. Account by Monseigneur de Brèves of his travels in Greece, the Holy Land, and Egypt, as well as in the Kingdoms of Tunis and Algiers [Followed by]. Treaty concluded in the year one thousand six hundred and four, between Henry the Great, King of France and Navarre, and Sultan Amat, Emperor of the Turks [Followed by]. Abridged Discourse on the Sure Means of Destroying and Ruining the Monarchy of the Ottoman Princes [Followed by]. Discourse on the Alliance Between the King and the Grand Seigneur, and on the Benefits It Brings to Christendom [Followed by]. A True Account, by Monsieur de Breues, of the proceedings that took place when he delivered into the King’s hands His Grace the Duke of Anjou, His Majesty’s only brother. Paris: Nicolas Gasse, 1628. 5 titles in 1 in-4 volume, (2) ff., 383 pp.; 34 pp. (1) blank f.; 47 pp.; 26 pp. (1) blank f.; 47 pp., (11) ff. of tables. Soft contemporary vellum with flaps, smooth spine with a later handwritten title, traces of lacing (vellum tarnished and slightly shrunken, inner joints partially unstitched, a few loose quires, small areas of vellum missing from one corner and the lower cover, a few foxing spots, faint discoloration on a few leaves, slightly browned pages). A rare first edition of the travel account by François Savary, Count of Brèves (1560–1628), a French diplomat and Orientalist who resided in Constantinople for over twenty years. In 1605, he was entrusted with a mission to the Sultan regarding the attacks by Barbary pirates on French ships; he took advantage of this trip to visit the coasts of Asia, Africa, and Egypt. He was also instrumental in introducing Oriental printing to France and left behind a significant collection of Oriental manuscripts, which were acquired in 1632 by the printer Vitré on behalf of Louis XIII. The volume also includes the text of the 1604 Franco-Ottoman treaty negotiated under his auspices on behalf of King Henry IV, as well as several political discourses concerning relations between France and the Ottoman Empire. Antique bookplate in brown ink, “L. Lusson,” on the title page. Blackmer, 503. Missing from *Atabey*.