细节
POCOCKE, Richard. A Description of the East and Some Other Countries. London: W. Bowyer, 1743[-45]. 3 parts in 2 volumes, 2° (407 x 253mm). Engraved title-vignettes, dedication leaf in volume II and 178 plates and maps, many folding (clean tear in plate 26 in volume I, clean tear in Uu2 in the same volume, title of volume II, part 1, detached, fore-margin of plate 73 in volume II trimmed to border, a little offsetting and occasional light spotting). Contemporary sprinkled calf (worn, upper cover of volume II detached, spine of volume II broken, lacks labels). Provenance: Francis Scott (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Pococke's travels in Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece, translated into French, German and Dutch. 'Pococke achieved a great reputation with this publication; the work was very popular during his lifetime and was praised by Gibbon', Blackmer 1323; Weber II, 513. (2)
FIRST EDITION of Pococke's travels in Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece, translated into French, German and Dutch. 'Pococke achieved a great reputation with this publication; the work was very popular during his lifetime and was praised by Gibbon', Blackmer 1323; Weber II, 513. (2)
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