Thomas Shaw. Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant.
AUCTION 66 |
Thursday, November 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 254
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Thomas Shaw. Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant.
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre 1757
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,800
<<A wide-margined, uncut copy.>> Thomas Shaw traveled to Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus and around North Africa. The present work of his is most valuable for its accurate descriptions of antiquities, geography and natural history specimens observed. As Lowndes notes: “These travels have been universally esteemed, not only for their accuracy and fidelity, but on account of the illustrations they contain of natural history, of the classic authors, and especially of the Scriptures