Pococke Richard, “A Description of the East, and some other countries… Observations on Egypt Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Candia… Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece…”, London, W. Bowyer, 1745. First edition, big FOLIO (39.5cm), pp.xi, [2], 268 + vii, [1], 308.

The complete second volume about Cyprus, Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, Syria and Asia Minor. Richly illustrated with 103 plates, many folding. Gibbon praised a lot this work (Blackmer). It is a valuable source of information for the exact appearance of many monuments in Greece (including many monuments of Athens) and the Levant during early 18th century. The impressive size of the beautiful copper engravings make this fine travel account one of the most illustrated for the Levant ever produced.

Contemporary wooden boards calf coated, with blind-stamped decorations on boards, later re-backed. Front board detached, occasional spotting. Atabey 965, Blackmer 1323