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POCOCKE, Richard (1704-1765). A Description of the East, and some other countries. London: for the author by W. Bowyer, 1743-1745. 2 volumes in 3, 2° (404 x 245mm). Titles with engraved vignette, dedication with engraved headpiece in vol. I, engraved dedication in vol. II by Grignion after Gravelot, 178 engraved plates, 13 double-page or folding, including 13 maps and town plans. (Lacking final blank to vol. I, one or two plates with short, clean marginal tears, plan of Alexandria just trimmed at lower margin, a little light spotting and browning.) FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1323; Inscriptionum Antiquarum Graec. et Latin. Liber accedit, Numismatum Ptolemaeorum, Imperatorum, Augustorum et Caesarum, in Aegypto custorum et Scriniis Britannicis, catalogus. London: Typis Mandati, 1752. 2 parts in 1 volume, 2° (409 x 247mm). Half-title, title. FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1324.
The two works in uniform contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in two (lacking some lettering-pieces, spines chipped, extremities rubbed).
Pococke travelled throughout Europe from 1733-36, and then on to the Levant and Alexandria in 1737. He remained in the Eastern Mediterranean for three years, visiting Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece. The Description, which Gibbon praised as being of "superior learning and dignity", chronicles his travels, and the plates of antiquities were made after Pococke's own sketches. The book of inscriptions is largely made up of material collected by Pococke during these travels: additional inscriptions were sent to him by Charles Burdeth and others. The catalogue of coins in the appendix includes specimens from Pococke's collection, which was sold in London in 1766. (4)
The two works in uniform contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in two (lacking some lettering-pieces, spines chipped, extremities rubbed).
Pococke travelled throughout Europe from 1733-36, and then on to the Levant and Alexandria in 1737. He remained in the Eastern Mediterranean for three years, visiting Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece. The Description, which Gibbon praised as being of "superior learning and dignity", chronicles his travels, and the plates of antiquities were made after Pococke's own sketches. The book of inscriptions is largely made up of material collected by Pococke during these travels: additional inscriptions were sent to him by Charles Burdeth and others. The catalogue of coins in the appendix includes specimens from Pococke's collection, which was sold in London in 1766. (4)