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Auction 58 · Lot 340

A Supplement to a Book Entitled Travels, or Observations, &cc. Wherein Some Objections Lately Made Against it are Fully Considered and Answered. With Several Additional Remarks and Dissertations.

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$450

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

SHAW, THOMAS.

printer

Printed at the Theatre

Place

Oxford

Publication

1746

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two engraved folding plates.

references

Blackmer Catalogue 307.

summary

The Supplement appeared as a reply to adverse criticism and objections made by Richard Pococke in his “Description of the East” (1743-45.)
pp. xvi, 112. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt, rubbed. Folio.
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