214 - [MAGHREB].

[MAGHREB]. Set of 2 titles. -DOUTTE, Edmond. Missions in Morocco: Among the Tribes. Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1914. Large 8vo, XI-441 pp. Red half-shagreen with period corners, spine with decorative faux raised bands, gilt panels and fleurons, gilt title, Orientalist binding. Illustrated cover preserved (foxing on the first quires and edges, a few scattered stains). A rare travel account of southern Morocco, from Marrakech to the peaks of the High Atlas. Illustrated with 128 photographs by the author, 6 maps by Saladin (architect) and Bernaudat, and adorned with 8 color reproductions in scroll frames, captioned from the original canvases by A. Corson. -A.G. P. MARTIN. On the Border of Morocco. Saharan Oases (GOURARA TOUAT TIDIKELT). Algiers, Edition de l’Imprimerie Algérienne, 1908. In-8, 406 pp., one fold-out map. Light brown morocco leather of Oriental manufacture, spine with raised bands, decorated with gold fleurons and scrolls, gilt title, cold-stamped border on the covers, gilded Rub El Hizb or an 8-pointed Arab-Andalusian star embossed in the center of the front cover with 4 gilded fleurs-de-lis in the spandrels, endpapers of Oriental-style paper (a few scattered foxing spots) Volume 1 is the only one published. In a unique Oriental binding. Includes a handwritten author’s dedication on a card, Pau, Nov. 17, (19)23. Handwritten bookplate dated 1908.