Las coplas del peregrino de Puey Monçón viaje á la Meca en el siglo XVI.Zaragoza, Comas Hermanos, 1897. 8vo. With a facsimile of one page of the Arabic manuscript, a photographic view of the Kaaba, a double-page map and at the end a list of the books available in the Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana. Contemporary black half sheepskin, letterpress title-label on spine. by PAÑO Y RUATA, Mariano de

XLVI, [2], 303, [1 blank]; [8] pp.First edition of a transcript of one of the first accounts of a Spanish Muslim's journey to Mecca and Medina in the 16t hcentury, edited by the prolific and widely-interested scholar Mariano de Paño y Ruata (1847-1948) and with an introduction by the Arabist Eduardo Saavedra (1829-1912). The manuscript was originally written in Aljamiado, a technique for using Arabic script for transcribing European languages and only discovered by the end of the 19th century.It is the narrative of authentic Muslim throughout the Mediterranean in pilgrimage to Mecca, in either the second half of the 16th century or the beginning of the 17th. The narrative often is elevated to poetry, which is combined with a faithful and detailed account of the voyage.He visited Hammamet, Hergla, Sousse, Monastir, Mahdia, Sfax, Mahres and Djerba; from the later he continued through the Gulf of Sirte or Sidra, facing a storm, then proceeded to the Kingdom of Montebarca. From there on to Cairo and Bercat-Alhach, Sinai and Yedda, before reaching Mecca and Medina.The first and last leaf slightly foxed and the spine label a bit worn, but otherwise in very good condition.l CCPB000169905-9; Palau 211513.