PERRY (CHARLES): A VIEW OF THE LEVANT; PARTICULARLY OF CONSTANTINOPLE, SYRIA, EGYPT, AND GREECE, London, T. Woodward [and others], 1743, first edition, folio, 33 engraved plates by G. Bickham on 20 leaves, seven folding, contemporary calf-backed boards (rubbed). [Blackmer 1291; Spencer, p. 52: 'An Important work which deserves to be better known']

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PERRY (CHARLES): A VIEW OF THE LEVANT; PARTICULARLY OF CONSTANTINOPLE, SYRIA, EGYPT, AND GREECE, London, T. Woodward [and others], 1743, first edition, folio, 33 engraved plates by G. Bickham on 20 leaves, seven folding, contemporary calf-backed boards (rubbed). [Blackmer 1291; Spencer, p. 52: 'An Important work which deserves to be better known']

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Blackmer: 'Perry travelled from 1739 to 1742 and amassed a great deal of information, particularly on Egypt; most of the plates illustrated Egyptian antiquities. The work also contains a detailed account of the Revolution of the Janissaries in 1730 with a portrait rebel leader Patrona.'

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