Description: TRAVELS or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant Illustrated with Cuts By Thomas Shaw D.D. F.R.S, London 1757 Second Edition with great improvements. With 513 pages last page and rear end papers have insect loss no loss of text. Illustrated with 38 Engraved Plates, including 15 maps ( 9 folding ) and 22 woodcuts ( 2 folding ) Original Full Leather Binding is edge worn and split along the spine edges, else binding tight and in good condition. Contents are clean, tight and in very good condition. Previous owners book plate inside the front cover. These Travels have been universally esteemed, not only for their accuracy and fidelity, but on account of the illustrations they contain of natural history, of the classic authors, and especially of the Scriptures" (Lowndes 2372-3); "For his time, his geological views are enlightened, while his conjectures on the subject of the pyramids have been fully confirmed by Belzoni and other investigators; his scrupulous fidelity was vindicated by James Bruce and by later African explorers." (DNB Cox I, 377; Weber 498. Blackmer Sale 307: "His work is valuable for its accurate descriptions of antiquities, geography & natural history he observed". Gibbon praised him and excepts him from the crowed of "blind" travelers.' His scrupulous fidelity was vindicated by James Bruce and by later African explorers. . . a noble example of typography' (D.N.B., vol 17, p 1384). Shaw presented his collection of specimens, ancient medals and busts to Oxford, where he was appointed principal of St. Edmund Hall, and held the chair of regius professor of Greek until his death in 1751. Lowndes 2372: A handsomely printed work, the best description of North Africa of the period. The author visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa, and provides much material on Tunis and Algeria.
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Year Printed: 1757
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Middle East
Binding: Leather
Author: Thomas Shaw
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Africa
