$2,460
Pococke, Richard (1704-1765) A Description of the East . London: for the author by Bowyer, sold by Knapton et al., 1743 [-1745]. First edition, two folio volumes illustrated with a total of 179 plates as follows: volume one: engraved title, and seventy-five plates, some folding, maps, (plates are numbered 1 through 32 and 34 through 76, plate 33 was never printed); volume two: 104 plates, some folding, maps (including two versions of plate 16); the two volumes bound in uniform contemporary diced russia, gilt-tooled spines, bindings somewhat worn, front board of volume one detached, spine split slight in the center of volume two, joints starting, contents with some toning, generally good, ex libris Richard Prime, with his bookplate in each volume, 16 1/2 x 10 in. (2)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
