[Middle East] Pococke, R. Beschryving van het Oosten, en van eenige andere landen

Uit het Engelsch overgezet en met aant. voorz. d. E.W. Cramerus. Utrecht, (etc.), 1776-1786. 1st (and only) Dutch ed. 3 parts in 6 vols. 205 (mostly fold.) engr. plates and maps. Cont. unif. hcalf, ribbed spines richly gilt w. gilt images of ships under full sails, labels in black and red. 4to.

Spine ends and outer corners show some wear/ sl. dam., upper joint vol. 1 split, some faint marginal damp stains, but a very fine, complete and clean set w. crisp plates. Richard Pococke (1704-1765) was an English prelate and anthropologist. From 1737-1741 he visited the Near East, traveling to Egypt, ascending the Nile as far as Philae, and then passed into Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Asia Minor and Greece. He often visited places where few travelers had been before. Koster 42.1 & 42.2; Cox I, p. 224-5; Tiele 869; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p. 124; Tobler p. 127. (total 6)