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A late call for a crusade

COPPIN, R.P. Jean.
Relation des voyages faits dans la Turquie, la Thebaïde, et la Barbarie. Contenant des avis politiques qui peuvent servir de lumières aux Rois & aux Souverains de la Chrétienté, pour garentir leurs Etats des incursions des Turcs, & reprendre ceux qu'ils ont usurpé sur eux.

Vignette on title page, interesting woodcut head- and tailpieces of fruits and flowers, and 4 plates visualising the position of soldiers, divisions, army and artillery.

Vignette on title page, interesting woodcut head- and tailpieces of fruits and flowers, and 4 plates visualising the position of soldiers, divisions, army and artillery.

Vignette on title page, interesting woodcut head- and tailpieces of fruits and flowers, and 4 plates visualising the position of soldiers, divisions, army and artillery.

Vignette on title page, interesting woodcut head- and tailpieces of fruits and flowers, and 4 plates visualising the position of soldiers, divisions, army and artillery.



Lyon, les Frères Bruyset, 1720. 4to. Contemp. brown calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments, red morocco title label, lettered in gold. Vignette on title page, interesting woodcut head- and tailpieces of fruits and flowers, and 4 plates visualising the position of soldiers, divisions, army and artillery. (6), 496, (6) pp.

Second edition of this curious work, in which the author, Jean Coppin (c. 1615-c. 1690), tries to enthuse the French people for a crusade against the Otoman empire. The original work appeared in 1686, under the title Bouclier de l' Europe....
In this reprint, the title has been changed: the title of the first edition has become the title of the first chapter, and the title of the second part of the first edition has become the title of this second edition. This change can be explained by the fact that his idea to form a crusade wasn't really relevant anymore 30 years later, so Copin put the emphasis on his voyages.
Copin travelled in 1638 to Egypt, where he stayed for eighteen months. He returned to France with a cargo of antiquities for sale but he was raided by Mallorcan pirates. From 1642 till 1647 he was again in the Levant, and visited Tunis and Syria, and became consul at Damiette in 1644. After three years, he returned to Europe, with firm plans for a crusade, but the authorities were not interested at all. Subsequently he decided to publish his work, hoping to find the public more willing to listen to his plans. 

Good copy.
Cioranescu, p. 600; OCLC mentions one copy only; this edition not in NUC; first edition in Gay, p. 31 and Blackmer, 70; not in Chadenat, nor Atabey.

Related Subjects: Asia Minor  Militaria  Religion  Travel & Voyages  Turkey 

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