FERRIERES-SAUVEBOEUF, LOUIS FRAN‚OIS COMTE DE:
Mémoires historiques, politiques et géographiques des voyages. Faits en Turquie, en Perse, et en Arabie, depuis 1782, jusqu'en 1789; Avec les observations sur la religion, les moeurs, le caractère & le commerce de ces trois nations. Two volumes. Paris, chez Buisson, 1790.
. Pp. (ii), xxiv, 298, errata (1) ; (ii), x, 303, errata (1). Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt ruled in compartments with red and green morocco title labels. Bookplate (Sir Edmund Antrobus). Small loss to lower front hinge on volume two. Some browning to outer margins of the endpapers. First edition.Ferrieres-Sauveboeuf was a French diplomat who travelled for many years throug the Levant, Persia, Arabia and the Caucasus, including several visits to Constantinople. He was fluent in Turkish and Persian. His account is rich in information about the countries, people, characters, religion, etc. and based mainly on his own observations. Furthermore, he records much detail about the Turkish-Russian war of 1788-9. He was engaged to carry out secret missions in the area under the ministry of Vergennes who had previously been French ambassador to the Porte (from 1755). This may explain his loyalty to Vergennes and the fierce attacks on the Comte de Choiseul Gouffier who was the ambassador in Constantinople at the time. Atabey 428 (second ed.). Blackmer 590. Weber ii, 598.

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