FOLLIE (Adrien Jacques). MEMOIRE D'UN FRANCOIS QUI SORT DE L'ESCLAVAGE. Amsterdam and Paris, Laporte, 1785. In-8 of [6]-95-1bl. pages, brown calf, smooth spine decorated, red pages (contemporary binding). VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION of the account of the captivity of the author, an administrative officer in the colonies and particularly in Africa. His vessel "Les Deux amis", bound for Senegal, was wrecked on 17 January 1784 on the coast of Morocco and its crew remained captive in the hands of the Moors for 3 months in Mogador (Essaouira). Copy with large margins. Bound at the end: - SAAS (Jean). LETTER FROM A PROFESSOR OF DOUAY to a professor of Louvain on the historical-portative dictionary of Abbé Ladvocat. Douay (Rouen), 1772. 119 p. (Barbier II, 1162). Joints split.