Live auction - Lot 1287

[Slavery - Turkey]

ARANDA, Emanuel d'

Turcksche slaeverny' ende bekommen vryheyt [...] Verdeelt in II. deelen.

Bruges, J. vander Meulen, 1682


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2 vol., 12mo: [12]-323 pp., [8]-240 pp. (some faint spotting at the beginning, some dampstaining at the end).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands, red leather title label, red edges (joints, head and tail def., lower cover def.).

Very rare Dutch edition of this slave narrative in two parts (first in French: 1656, first in Dutch: 1657) by and about the Southern Netherlandish traveler, historian and poet E. de Aranda (1612-ca. 1686) who lived in Barbary slavery for two years and wrote his experiences down in this work. Ill. with an engr. title. Part two with title "Bysondere verhaelen vande gedenck-weerdige voor-vallen geduerende den tijdt vande slaeverny', ende bekomen vrydom [...]"
Ref. STCV 12925073 (part one) (only one incomplete copy at UGent). - STCV 12925074 (part two) (only one incomplete copy at UGent).
Prov. Borluut de Noortdonck (bookpl.).

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Lot 1287

Turcksche slaeverny' ende bekommen vryheyt [...] Verdeelt in II. deelen.

ARANDA, Emanuel d'

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