POCOCKE, RICHARD. A Description of the East. 178 engraved plates and maps; engraved dedication in Volume 2/1. [2], vi, [8], 310; xi, [1], 268; vii, [1], 308 pages. 2 volumes in 3. Folio, 402x253 mm, contemporary calf gilt with the arms of Trinity College, Dublin, on covers, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional toning and minor soiling or spotting affecting some plates, clean tear across plate 24 in Volume 2/1, plate 79 in Volume 2/2 bound upside down. Trinity College prize certificate to John Wolfe dated 1772 on front pastedowns. London: W. Bowyer for the Author and sold by J. and R. Knapton et al., 1743-45