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A late 17th-century view on the Middle East

ROQUE, Jean de la
Voyage de Syrie et du Mont-Liban: contenant la description de tout le pays compris sous le nom de Liban & d'anti-Liban, Kesroan, &c. ce qui concerne l'origine, la créance, & les moeurs des peuples qui habitent ce pays: la description des ruines d'Heliopolis, awjourd'huy Balbek, & une dissertation historique sur cette ville; avec un abregé de la vie de monsieur de Chasteüil, gentilhomme de Provence, solitaire du Mont-Liban; & l'histoire du prince Junès, Maronite, mort pour la religion dans ces derniers temps.

With 9 engraved plates (5 folding), depicting trees, a folding map of the course of the Orontes river, the temple at Baalbek, and medals and coins, and woodcut coat of arms above dedication to Monisieur De Fleury.

With 9 engraved plates (5 folding), depicting trees, a folding map of the course of the Orontes river, the temple at Baalbek, and medals and coins, and woodcut coat of arms above dedication to Monisieur De Fleury.

With 9 engraved plates (5 folding), depicting trees, a folding map of the course of the Orontes river, the temple at Baalbek, and medals and coins, and woodcut coat of arms above dedication to Monisieur De Fleury.

With 9 engraved plates (5 folding), depicting trees, a folding map of the course of the Orontes river, the temple at Baalbek, and medals and coins, and woodcut coat of arms above dedication to Monisieur De Fleury.

With 9 engraved plates (5 folding), depicting trees, a folding map of the course of the Orontes river, the temple at Baalbek, and medals and coins, and woodcut coat of arms above dedication to Monisieur De Fleury.



Paris, André Cailleau, 1722. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments with yellow & green morocco title labels lettered in gold, crest of H E B (tigerhead crossed with two swords) on a black label, gilt binding edges, red sprinkled edges. With 9 engraved plates (5 folding), depicting trees, a folding map of the course of the Orontes river, the temple at Baalbek, and medals and coins, and woodcut coat of arms above dedication to Monisieur De Fleury. (12), 347, (1 blank); (2), 321, (3) pp.

First edition of a travel account to the Middle East by Jean de la Roque (1661-1745), son of a merchant from Marseille. He made his first voyage to the Levant in 1689 where he visited amongst others Syria and Lebanon. In the years that followed he also travelled to Palestine, Jemen, and several other countries. He settled in Paris in 1715 where he would publish many books on his experiences. The present work deals amongst others with the ruins at Heliopolis and Baalbek. On pp. 145-262 of vol. 2 is a description of the life of the Capuchin martyr Francis Chasteuil (d. 1644), whose tomb can still be visited in a church in the Lebanon Mountains. It was, according to the preface, written by Marchety and originally published in Paris in 1666. This is followed by a "Histoire du prince Junés, Maronite", on pp. 263-80.

Good set, with the ex-libris of Henry Edward Bunbury.- (Spines restored; few scratches on sides).
Atabey 674; Chadenat 7064; not in Blackmer.

Related Subjects: Cartography  French  Middle East  Travel & Voyages 

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