FOLLIE (Adrien Jacques). MEMOIRE D'UN FRANCOIS QUI SORT DE L - Lot 192

FOLLIE (Adrien Jacques). MEMOIRE D'UN FRANCOIS QUI SORT DE L'ESCLAVAGE. Amsterdam and Paris, Laporte, 1785. In-8 of [6]-95-1bl. pages, brown calf, smooth spine decorated, red tr. (period binding). VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION of this account of the author's captivity as an administrative officer in the colonies, particularly in Africa. His vessel "Les Deux Amis", bound for Senegal, was wrecked on the Moroccan coast on January 17, 1784, and its crew was held captive by the Moors for 3 months in Mogador (Essaouira). Large margins. Bound at the end: - SAAS (Jean). LETTRE D'UN PROFESSEUR DE DOUAY à un professeur de Louvain sur le dictionnaire historique-portatif de l'abbé Ladvocat. Douay (Rouen), 1772. 119 p. (Barbier II, 1162). Joints split.