199 - [Levant]. PUGET DE SAINT PIERRE.?

[Levant]. PUGET DE SAINT PIERRE.? History of the Druze, a people of Lebanon, formed by a colony of Frenchmen, with political and geographical notes.? Paris: Cailleau, 1763. In-12, (2) ff., XII-310 pp., pp. 335–358 (poorly numbered table of contents), engraved title page and frontispiece, one fold-out map, and 3 plates (out of 4; missing one of the costume plates). Marbled fawn sheepskin of the period, smooth decorated spine, red morocco title label, gilded panels and fillets, red edges (binding slightly rubbed, cap ends worn down, corners rubbed, engraved frontispiece title slightly oxidized and somewhat loose, a few pagination errors including p. 222 marked 224 and continuing through p. 310; p. 274 marked 74, no text missing), First edition. Illustrated with a large fold-out map, *Map to Serve the History of the Druze, a People of the Vicinity of Lebanon*, dated 1763 by de Lafosse, and 3 plates—2 depicting costumes and a fold-out showing the camp of the Druze emir near Beirut, all engraved in black on copper. The date 1762 appears only on the engraved title page and has been corrected here in pen to 1763. Chadenat, II, 5598.