Pococke, Richard (1704-1765).

3 parts in 2 volumes, (volume 2 in 2 parts), folio (466 x 298mm.), [2], vi, [8], 310pp.; xi, [1 (errata)], 268pp.; vii, [1 (errata)], 308pp., illustration: engraved allegorical vignette to each title, arms on dedication in volume 1, dedication in volume 2 and 178 plates, maps and plans (75 in volume 1, numbered I-XXXII and XXXIV-LXXVI; the plate list omits plate 33 and does not call for plate 76; and 103 in volume 2, numbered I-CIII), binding: contemporary mottled calf with roll-tool gilt border, spines in compartments with raised bands elaborately gilt, some light spotting or offsetting, joints split, spine ends and corners rubbed

Atabey 965; Weber II 513; Blackmer 1323; Tobler pp.127-128; Röhricht 1396; Cobham-Jeffery p.51

first edition. a rare large paper copy. Described by Gibbon as of "superior learning and dignity", this work resulted from the author's travels between 1737 and 1740. He and Norden apparently passed one another in the night, the latter going up the Nile, Pococke returning from Philae. The first volume is devoted to Egypt, the second, part 1, to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Crete, and part 2 to the Greek islands, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece and other parts of Europe.