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FARRERE, Claude, & Charles FouquerayBiblio.com

Missions et Croisières: Mer Rouge Mer de Chine Océan Indien.

1944réf. 176580Paris: André Barry 1944. This Arabia. it fascinates me! La ilah illa Allah! - I am now a believer! First edition number 1 of 10 copies not intended for public sale of this travelogue in the Middle East Asia and North Africa lavishly illustrated after watercolour drawings by Charles Fouqueray and extra-illustrated with eight original watercolours. A prolific novelist Farrère 1876-1957 drew inspiration from numerous travels during his years in the navy in the early decades of the 20th century. Recounted with enthusiasm and deep fascination the first section about the Red Sea shows marine and street views of Suez Port Said and Mount Sinai in Egypt Aqaba in Trans-Jordan and El Wadi in Yemen with portraits of local inhabitants and everyday life. Farrère observes: "Mecca the holy city has no equal in the great fervour of the crowds it attracts. Travelling along the Red Sea I have never passed by Jeddah the port of Mecca without being taken by a deep emotion which makes me want to say a prayer." The second section on the China Sea which he reached circumnavigating the Arabian peninsula has views of the Songhua river in China and Ninh-Binh Hue Hanoi and Haiphong in present day's Vietnam. Farrère describes Fouqueray's drawings as "prudent copies for European eyes lest the fantastic views leave people in disbelief". The last section on the Indian Ocean covers Malaya Malabar Ceylon and the Indian subcontinent. The manuscript correspondence comprises letters about the book sent by Farrère to Fouqueray including a request to write the preface his conversations with the editor about print-run and price and a mention of drawings which Farrère himself had produced in Jeddah. Together 10 items: quarto volume with 8 original watercolours signed by Fouqeray 19 full-page and 30 in-text colour illustrations from his watercolours dated c.1918-1924; 6 manuscript letters approx. 210 x 130 mm from Farrère to Fouqueray ink on paper and 2 typed letters tipped in or mounted on stubs; gelatin silver print photograph 240 x 180 mm of author in his study. Original blue mottled vellum by E. Leonard gilt-lettered spine top edge gilt others red. Corners minimally bumped contents of book and manuscripts clean: fine exemplars. Original blue mottled vellum by E. Leonard gilt-lettered spine top edge gilt others red. Corners minimally bumped contents clean: a fine copy. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni5 500,00 £GB≈ 6 545,43 €

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