MAYEUX, F. J.
Les Bédouins, ou Arabes du désert. Ouvrage publié d'après les notes inédites de Dom Raphaël, sur les mœurs, usages, lois, coutumes civiles et religieuses de ces peuples.
Paris, Ferra jeune, 1816. 3 volumes. 12mo. With 24 steel engraved plates, coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary long-grained gold-tooled red morocco, each board with fillets and decorative frames, decorations on the raised bands, gilt edges. X, 238; [4], 166; [4], 279 pp.
€ 9,500
First edition of an early study of the Bedouins of Egypt and Syria, covering their manners, laws, civil and religious customs. Illustrated with 24 steel engraved plates by Charlin after F. Massart and finely coloured in watercolour by a contemporary hand. Dom Raphaël Monachis (Rufa'il Zakhûr) probably made his notes, published here for the first time, during the French occupation of Egypt. He was born in Egypt of Syriac ancestry and was a monk in the Greek community in Cairo. He was an Arab member of the French Institute of Egypte and the first interpreter of the Diwan from Cairo.
Rare complete copy, some corners slightly scuffed, spine faded, otherwise in good condition. Gay 3587; Macro 1555; WorldCat 25988256.
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