This work is sometimes attributed to François-Savinien d'Alquié, who writes his personal dedication of the book -appearing as D.S.A. at the end of... Show moreThis work is sometimes attributed to François-Savinien d'Alquié, who writes his personal dedication of the book -appearing as D.S.A. at the end of the dedication-, to Monseigneur le comte de S. Paul. Howewer, as for the authorship, there is a French hand-written note on a small label on the pastedown of the cover which indicates "Cet ouvrage ne doit être attribué // ni à de Saint-Adon comme le dit Mr. // de Bertoil, Topograph de Tyr, // p. 28, not. 1, ni à Balthazar de // Bonnecourse au nom duquel il est porté // dans la biog. univ. de Michand. // ll est du P. Nau qui le revendique // formellement à la fin du 4e liv. de son Voyage // nouveau de la Terre Sainte, édon. de 1679". The catalog of the Bibliothèque nationale de France also attributes him as the author. [D.S.A]. Xilographic ornament in title page. Some initials in woodcut. Signatures: ã⁸ A⁸ B⁴ C⁸ D⁴ E⁸ F⁴ G⁸ H⁴ I⁸ K⁴ L⁸ M⁴ N⁸ O⁴ P⁸ Q⁴ R⁸ S⁴ T⁸ V⁴ X⁶ Y⁶ Main Heritage Shelves General DS106 .N38 1670 Book Item-ID: i21454437 BIB-ID: 1883936 Show less
