Travels, or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant, by Thomas Shaw, D.D. fellow of Queen’s College in Oxford, and F.R.S with engravings, sketches and more. Oxford, 1738.
Scholarly travelogue that examines the geography, nature and history of the countries of North Africa, the Land of Israel and Syria. The book bears engravings of maps of the Land of Israel, animals and plants characteristic of the area, tables, maps, sketches, labels and an index. Some of the copies have additional engravings with [5] folded maps, including this copy.
[4] leaf, [8], 60, [2], 442, [1], XV p, paper. 34×22 cm. [21] pp of engravings in the fields of botany, zoology, architecture, Egyptology and more. English. Leather binding, gilt important on the spine.
Very fine condition. Aging stains, Detached front binding.