[SELLER Abednego], “The Antiquities of Palmyra. Containing the history of the city, and its emperors, from its foundation to the present time…”, S. Smith and B. Walford, London, 1696. FIRST EDITION. Complete including an engraved double-page numismatic plate, engraved folding view of Palmyra, errata leaf. Major restorations of both of the plates. 8vo, pp.[46], 382, [2]. Contemporary full-leather, major rubbing and wear along edges, corners, joints partly cracked but still firm. According to Blackmer, “this work contains one of the earliest descriptions of Palmyra, which was located by a group of merchants in 1691”. Blackmer 1523.