Lot Essay
DNB: 'A noble example of topography. For his time his geological views are enlightened while his conjectures on the subject of the pyramids have been fully confirmed by Belzoni and other investigators.'
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SHAW (THOMAS): TRAVELS OR OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO SEVERAL PARTS OF THE BARBARY AND THE LEVANT, Oxford, at the Theater, 1738, first edition, folio, 21 engraved plates, 12 maps and plans, extra-illustrated by 5 plates of camels, elephants and crocodiles (slight marginal worming to first few leaves and at inner margin of 4N2-4Q2, occasional light soiling), modern speckled half calf.