An Account of divers Choice Remarks ... a voyage to the Levant, London, 1701, modern boards

Lot 188
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Lot 188 | An Account of divers Choice Remarks ... a voyage to the Levant, London, 1701, modern boards
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An Account of divers Choice Remarks… taken in a journey through the Low Countries, France, Italy, and part of Spain; with the Isles of Sicily and Malta. As also, a voyage to the Levant. London: printed and sold by S. Smith, 1701

First edition, folio (325 x 195mm.), 2 engraved plates, modern calf-backed boards, spine with raised bands in seven compartments, spine lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, both plates with repairs to tears, repairs to verso of final text leaf, light spotting, browning at extremities

Uncommon.

Veryard's account includes descriptions of Cyprus, the Holy Land, Egypt, Babylon, Baalbek, Lebanon, Constantinople, Greece and numerous Greek islands. Pages 315-320 give an account of the practices and history of Islam.
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