A description of the East, and Some other Countries, by Richard Pococke. London: W. Bowyer, 1743-1745. Two parts (in three volumes). English.
The English anthropologist and bishop Richard Pococke (1704-1765) visited the Near East in 1737-1741. The present work document his travels. The first volume is dedicated entirely to Egypt, the second to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Crete and the third to Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece and other parts of Europe.
The three volumes contain 178 engraved plates (75 plates in the first volume, 36 plates in the second and 67 plates in the third). These include: maps (a folding map of Palestine and Syria, a folding map of Jerusalem and numerous other maps), plans and sketches, illustrations of important sites, illustrations of local plants, and more. Engraved author's statement in Volume II.
Vol. I: [1] title page, VI, 8, 310 pp. + 75 plates; Vol. II: XI, [1], 268 pp. + 36 plates and [1] engraved statement; Vol. III: VI, [2], 308 pp. + 37-103 plates. Approx. 41.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Worming, mainly to third volume, slightly affecting text and prints (the volumes were fumigated). Long tears to two engraved plates. Bookplates to inside front boards. Leather covered boards, damaged and slightly worn. Binding of first volume detached (with first two leaves). The bindings of the two other volumes partly detached.