GERMAIN MOUËTTE (1651-1721) Histoire des Royaumes de Fez et de Maroc, 1683. [History of the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco, 1683.]

History of the conquests of Mouley Archy, known as the King of Tasilet; and of Mouley Ismaël, or Seméin his brother, & his Successor now Regnant. Both Kings of Fez, Morocco, Tafilet, Sus, &c. Containing a description of these Kingdoms, the Laws, Customs, & Manners of the inhabitants. With a general map of the States of the King of Fez composed by Table-Bougiman, Doctor of the Alcoran, and a map of the principal cities and fortresses of the Kingdom of Fez, drawn on the spot by Sieur G. Mouëtte, who remained there captive during eleven years. Paris, Chez Edme Couterot, M.DC.LXXXIII (1683) 1 volume in12 (32) 469 (19) p. 16,5 x 10 x 3,7 cm First edition. Bound in contemporary brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated, spine ends decorated but rubbed, hairline faded, spine ends slightly split, a handwritten name scratched on the title page. Complete with the two maps but lacking the frontispiece portrait of Moulay Ismail, includes in fine, a French-Arabic glossary of some terms. Captured by privateers from Salé and held prisoner in Rabat, Fez and Meknes from 1670 to 1681, the author wrote this history during his captivity. A history of the life and conquests of the first two sultans of the Alawite dynasty of Morocco, Moulay Rachid (1631-1672) and Moulay Ismail (1645-1727). The book also provides valuable information on trade with Morocco, the lives of Christian slaves captured by the Barbary pirates, and daily life in Morocco at the time. Germain Moüette French writer.