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SHAW, THOMAS. Travels or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant. 22 engraved plates on 18 leaves; 11 maps, including 6 double-page or folding. [8], xv, [1], 442, [2], 60, [8] pages, including half-title. Folio, 343x225 mm, contemporary panelled calf, joints restored, hinges reinforced with cloth tape, spine cracked but sound, chipped at top; occasional light marginal soiling. Bookplate of Harry Pennington Gann. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1738
first edition. "Shaw's Travels is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, in addition to the information Shaw imparts on the antiquities, geology, and geography of the areas he visited. The appendix includes catalogues of plants and animals of Barbary, Egypt, and Arabia"--Blackmer 1533. A supplement was published in 1746.
