[GUILLET de Saint-George Georges],“Lacedemone ancienne et nouvvelle, Où lon voit les Moeurs, & le Coûtumes des Grecs modernes, des Mahometans, & des Iuifs du Pays...”, Paris, Claude Barbin, M.DC.LXXVI [=1676]. Complete, 2 volumes bound together. 12mo, pp.[4],251 + 247. André Georges Guillet (1624-1705) was a historian and member of the Acadèmie Royale de Peinture. In the prologue of the book he explains that the ensuing narrative is based on the text of his brother, La Guilletière. It is unclear whether La Guilletière was a real or an imaginary person, but he is supposed to have travelled in the Ottoman territories in 1669, after the end of his captivity in Algeria. Although Guillet’s work became the object of harsh criticism on grounds of its historical inaccuracies, it is considered a very early work, rich in historical information on Sparta, including one of the oldest descriptions of Mani (I. Vingopoulou: http://eng.travelogues.gr/). Restoration on title page of 1st volume, lightly sunned. Modern binding: full red calf with decorations in gilt, spine raised bands. Very Rare. [BLACKMER 767, WEBER II 367].