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Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
by [NORTH AFRICA] SHAW, Thomas
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London: Printed for A. Millar and W. Sandby, 1757. Second Edition. Quarto (26.5cm). Full sprinkled calf, spine divided into six compartments, each stamped in gilt, titled on brown spine label, floral gilt roll to board edges, textblock edges sprinkled red; plain endpapers; [xx],513,[1]pp; 37 plates, including 15 maps (9 folding) and 22 other plates (4 folding), 6 intaglio headpieces, 6 intaglio decorative initials, and occasional relief in-text diagrams. Lacking one plate (depicting the Lithostrotoum Praenestinum). Armorial bookplate of Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, with the motto of the Order of the Bath. Clean and sound, with light rubbing to board edges; one plate lacking; short tear to margin of leaf EQ2, about three leaves with marginal creases, but a charming, Very Good copy withal.
Shaw (1694-1751) spent the 1720s as a chaplain in Algiers, from whence he visited Egypt, Sinai, Cyprus, the Holy Land, Tunis, Carthage, Tripoli, and Morocco. In 1738 he published the first edition of this massive account of his travels, which "included maps, plates, lists of animals, plants (about 640 species), fossils, coins, and inscriptions," and was well received by bibliophiles like Thomas Dibdin (ODNB). However, when some of his assertions about the geography of the Nile were contested, Shaw prepared two supplemental retorts, both of which are included in this "second and most valued edition" of his book, which is now widely acclaimed (ODNB). LOWNDES 2372-3. ESTC T114688. GOLDSMITHS' 9211. HOWGEGO I, S92.
Shaw (1694-1751) spent the 1720s as a chaplain in Algiers, from whence he visited Egypt, Sinai, Cyprus, the Holy Land, Tunis, Carthage, Tripoli, and Morocco. In 1738 he published the first edition of this massive account of his travels, which "included maps, plates, lists of animals, plants (about 640 species), fossils, coins, and inscriptions," and was well received by bibliophiles like Thomas Dibdin (ODNB). However, when some of his assertions about the geography of the Nile were contested, Shaw prepared two supplemental retorts, both of which are included in this "second and most valued edition" of his book, which is now widely acclaimed (ODNB). LOWNDES 2372-3. ESTC T114688. GOLDSMITHS' 9211. HOWGEGO I, S92.
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- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60879
- Title
- Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
- Author
- [NORTH AFRICA] SHAW, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for A. Millar and W. Sandby
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1757
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Israel - Palestine - Middle East;
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