- 3307
Wansleben, Johann Michael (1635-1679).
Estimate
600 - 900 GBP
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Description
- The Present state of Egypt; or a new relation of a late voyage into that kingdom in the years 1672 and 1673. London: R[obert] E[veringham] for John Starkey, 1678
8vo (166 x 104mm.), [8 (including licence leaf)], 253, [1 (blank)], [10 (index and bookseller's advertisements)] pp., binding: contemporary speckled calf, spine in five compartments with raised bands, lacking lettering piece, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, rubbed
Literature
Wing W711; Blackmer 1770; Gay 2269; Hilmy II, p.304 (under Vansleben; which erroneously lists a 1677 English edition); Weber II, 399 (under Vansleb); see A. Hamilton, The Copts and the West (Oxford, 2006), pp.142 onwards
Catalogue Note
first english edition. This was Wansleben's second excursion to Egypt, during which time he accumulated 334 Oriental manuscripts which were placed in the French royal collection.