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POCOCKE, Richard

Beschryving van het Oosten, en van eenige andere landen. Met plaaten. Uit het Engelsch overgezet en met aantekeningen voorzien door Ernst Willem Cramerus

Utrecht / Rotterdam / Amsterdam
Paddenburg e.a
1776-1782

€800 - €1.400

6 parts in 3 vol. in-4to. Lavishly illustrated with 205 engraved maps, plans and views (mostly folding) showing tombs, statues, costumes, pyramids, fossils, plants, inscriptions, ruins, theatres, temples, including large folding maps of Egypt, the Levant, Cyprus, Crete, Asia Minor, Sea of Marmara, Greece and the Aegean Sea, the Bosporus and the Exodus. A few water stains on some lvs, some lvs loose, an acceptable copy. Cardboard bindings, worn

First and only edition of the Dutch translation (orig. London 1743-45) of this important travel account in the Near and Middle East by the English writer R. Pococke (1704-1765). "Pococke travelled in the eastern Mediterranean from 1737 to 1740, visiting Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and the Holy Land. His work achieved a great success during his lifetime, with many editions and translations" (Atabey). "Described by Gibbon as of "superior learning and dignity"" (Blackmer). With lists of subscribers. Ref. Tiele 869 ; Cox I:224 ; STCN ; Cp. Atabey 965 (orig. English ed.), Blackmer 263 (id.) ; Howgego P122

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