[JEAN DUMONT]: NOUVEAU VOYAGE DU LEVANT. LA HAYE 1694 First edition.Small 8vo,contemporary full leather slightly rubbed,text with some uniform browning and scattered spotting,engraved frontis, title in red and black with erased ancient ownership inscription, complete [20],475p.and 8 copper engraved plates (some folded) with fine views,overall in very good condition. Dumont (1667-1727) travelled in the Levant in the late 1680s.He visited Greece, Egypt,Smyrna,Constantinople and treats with the Ottoman and Greek customs,the legal system,the condition of women and slaves and the multinational society of the Levant.The first edition is rare.It was missing in Blackmer and in Atabey.The plates of this edition are completely different than the plates of the second edition, depicting fine views of the Levant.Atabey 379 (for the second edition).