A Compendium of the Most Approved Modern Travels : Volume the First A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem; Travels of Dr Shaw; A Journey to Palmyra

Item #14253 A Compendium of the Most Approved Modern Travels : Volume the First [A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem; Travels of Dr Shaw; A Journey to Palmyra]. Henry Maudrel, Thomas Shaw, Robert Wood.

A Compendium of the Most Approved Modern Travels : Volume the First [A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem; Travels of Dr Shaw; A Journey to Palmyra]

[Maudrel, Henry; Thomas Shaw; Robert Wood]

London: J Scott, 1757.

Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #14253

Rear joint starting, front joint rubbed, light tone, 2" tear to folding Palmyra plate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Full calf binding, six compartment spine with red spine label, and blind roll to edges. Armorial bookplate of Alexr Cuninghame, Esq. 2 folding plates. Standalone first volume only, of four volume work. Subtitled: Containing a distinct account of the religion, government, commerce, manners, and natural history, of several nations. Illustrated and adorned with many useful and elegant copper-plates. This first volume contains three classic eighteenth-century travel accounts in one volume. Henry Maudrel : Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem; Thomas Shaw : Travels of Dr Shaw [Algeria]; and (Robert Wood) : A Journey to Palmyra. ; 269 pages.

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