Pococke, Richard.

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

A Description of the East, and some other countries. London: Printed for the author, by W. Bowyer, and sold by J. and P. Knapton [&c.], 1743-1745

first edition, 2 volumes (the second containing 2 parts), folio (408 x 246mm.), engraved vignettes on titles, dedication in volume 2 and 178 plates, a few folding, contemporary panelled calf, a little marginal worming in vol.1, occasional slight offsetting or browning, bindings slightly rubbed, expertly rebacked to style, modern endpapers

Literature

Blackmer 1323; Cobham-Jeffery p.51; Contominas 561; Hilmy II, p.124; Weber II, 513; Atabey 965

Catalogue Note

Pococke travelled in the eastern Mediterranean from 1737 to 1740. Volume 1 is devoted to Egypt; volume 2 to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Crete, the Greek islands, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece and other parts of Europe.