DOOR DEN HEER RICHARD POCOCKE,... UIT HET ENGELSCH OVERGEZET EN MET AANTEKENINGEN VOORZIEN DOOR ERNST WILLEM CRAMERUS, MET EENE VOORREDE VAN RUTGER SCHUTTE.
3 volumes in 6:
Eerste deel, eerste stuk; xxxvi, 219 pages
Eerste deel, tweede stuk; viii, 221 – 491 pages
Tweede deel, eerste stuk; x, 262 pages
Tweede deel, tweede stuk; viii, 265 – 219 pages
Derde deel, eerst stuk, viii, 262 pages,
Derde deel, tweede stuk, viii, 265 – 403, (iv), 114, 124 (blaadwyzer) pages.
4to (260 x 220 mm), 205 folding maps, plans and plates - views, temples, antiquities and plants, etc., contemporary quarter calf with sprinkled paper sides – very worn and rubbed, small rubber name stamp on each title page, stain at the base of the title page in volume II, part II, the edges of some protruding maps and plates are soiled and frayed, contents crisp, overall a good copy.
First and only issue of the Dutch edition of Pococke’s travels first published in English in London (1743 – 1745). This edition has additional maps and plates. Pococke travelled extensively in Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Crete and Greece.
Utrecht, Rotterdam & Amsterdam, G.T. en A. van Paddenburg, J. Bosch & R. Arrenberg, and M. de Bruyn, 1776 - 1786.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 4to (260 x 220 mm)
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