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[Voyage to Arabia. With important chapter on Coffea] Voyage de L'Arabie

Heureuse, par l'ocean oriental, & le Detroit de la Mer Rouge. Fait par les Francois pour la premiere fois, dans les annees 1708, 1709 & 1710. Avec la relation particuliere d'un voyage du Port de Moka a la Cour du Roi d'Yemen, dans la seconde expedition des annees 1711, 1712 & 1713. Un memoire concernant l'arbre & le fruit du cafe... et un traite historique de l'origine & un progres du cafe. La Roque. Amsterdam, Steenhouwer & Uytwerf, 1716.

Small 8vo, leather, title on spine in red and gilt stamping, illustrated frontispiece with title, title in red and black with ills. vignette, (12),343,(10) pp. with a map of the Kingdom of Yemen and 3 folding plates of coffea. The last part with more than 100 pp. treats coffea in its history and development. Spine head with minor imperfection; else a good and fine book, firmly bound.

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