Two works: Relation de l'empire de MAROC - and - La Vie et les actions d'Alexandre le Grand

Two works in a single binding. 12mo, early 18th-century binding, full calf, spine with 5 raised bands, fleurons and title label. Craquelure to the spine and joints, light abrasions on the boards. Binding sound. Interior fresh. A very handsome set. 1 - Relation de l'empire de MAROC ou l'on voit la situation du pays, les moeurs, coutumes, gouvernement, religion et politique des habitants. Francois PIDOU DE SAINT OLON (1640 or 1646 - 1720) Printed in Paris, chez la veuve Marbre Cramoisy, 1695. 8 ff, 224 pp + tables. Complete with the frontispiece, the 8 engravings of costumes and the plan of the town of Larrache. In 1689 François Pidou was appointed ambassador to the court of the Sultan of Morocco with a view to signing a trade treaty and securing the release of the prisoners of the corsairs of Salé. AND De la vie et des actions d'Alexandre Le Grand. De la traduction de Monsieur de Vaugelas. Dernière Edition, divisée en deux volumes, sur une nouvelle copie de l'Auteur, qui a été trouvée depuis la première et la seconde impression. Avec les Supplémens de Jean Freinshemius sur Quinte-Curce. Traduits par feu Monsieur DU RYER. En latin et en François. Volume 1: 1 ff. Note to the Académie Française, 5 ff. Preface, 4 ff. Judgement of Quintus Curtius by Monsieur de la Motte le Bayer, 532 pp., 18 ff. Table of contents. Volume 2: 4 ff. title page of the second volume and table of summaries,442 pp, 12 ff. Table of contents and royal privilege. QUINTUS CURTIUS Printed at Lille, chez Danel, 1712 This work retraces the conquests, victories and destiny of Alexander the Great through the account of Quintus Curtius, one of the principal ancient authors devoted to the Macedonian conqueror. This edition is particularly sought after for the quality of the French translation by Claude Favre de Vaugelas, famous for the elegance of his language, as well as for its erudite supplements completing the lost parts of the original text.