Shaw, Thomas. Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant

(TRAVEL)

Printed at the Theatre

Oxford

1738

FIRST EDITION. Title printed in red and black with large engraved vignette, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials. Occasional use of Hebrew. Half- and divisional-titles

Blackmer 1533; Lowndes II , 2372; Röhricht 1352; Tobler p. 123; Laor, 725-6

Shaw travelled to Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus and around North Africa. The present work of his is most valuable for its accurate descriptions of antiquties, 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.” "A noble example of typography" (DNB)