HÖST, GEORG: - Efterretninger om Mar—kos og Fes, samlede der i Landene fra Ao. 1760 til 1768. Ki¿benhavn, N. Möller, 1779.

. 4to. Pp. (xx), 291, (23) register + (1) errata. With engraved front portrait, one engraved map, two engraved vignettes and 33 engraved plate, of which many folding. Occasionally some light staining and a few leaves with small marginal tear. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper boards, worn, hinges cracked. First edition of an early informative account of Morocco devoted to the government, commerce, geography, religion, the various inhabitants (Arabs, Brebers, Mauri people, etc.) and their language and customs. Probably the first Western work dealing with the Moroccan-Arabic dialect. George Höst served as Danish Consul at Mogador for about eight years in the 1760s. The beautiful plates depict costumes, views, sights, music, weapons and coins. Bibl. Danica ii, 558. Cf Lipperheide Ma4 (German edition 1781). Cf Schnurrer, 125 & 139.

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