GALLAND (Julien-Claude) Lot n° 14

Recueil des rits et cérémonies du pèlerinage de La Mecque, auquel on a joint diverses écrits relatifs à la religion, aux sciences & aux mœurs des Turcs. Amsterdam, and sold in Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1754 Small in-8, viij-215 pp, marbled calf, spine decorated with nerves, title page, red pages (contemporary binding). Bits fragile (split on the second plate). First edition, which gathers five different essays, of which Julien-Claude Galland (died probably in 1765), the nephew of Antoine Galland, is only the interpreter. The one that gives its title is a translation from Arabic by Sheikh Chemfeddin el Buhouky the Shafeite. The others are: "Muslim Catechism translated from Arabic by Sheikh or Dr. Aly son of Iaakoub", "Translation of a Dissertation by Zehny effendy on the sciences of the Turks", "Relation of the island of Chio" (dated 1747) and "Relation of the march of Sultana Esma, daughter of Sultan Ahmed, when she was taken to her husband Iaakoub Pacha" (1743) (Blackmer 643.)