RUSSIA EGYPT PERSIA 1795 The World Displayed ALEPPO PALMYRA DENMARK VOYAGES
Item History & Price
Offered here is The World Displayed; or, a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels. Selected and Compiled from the Writers of All Nations; by Smart, Goldsmith & Johnson. First American Edition. Volume V. Published in 1795 by Dobelbower, Key and Simpson of Philadelphia.
Chapters are: The Travels of Richard Pococke, LLD. FRS. Through Egypt (134 pages); A Journey to Palmyra, or Tedmor in the Desart, by Mr. Robert Wood (23 pages); A Description of Aleppo, and the Adjac...ent Parts, by Alexander Russel, M.D. (29 pages), The Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein into Muscovy, Tartary, and Persia (143 pages); The Travels of Mr. Jonas Hanway, Merchant, Through Russia into Persia and Back Through Russia, Germany, and Holland (137 pages); and An Account of Denmark, by The Lord Molesworth (14 pages).
Condition: Front board held only by binding twine and back board detached. Some bookbinding tape present on hinges and on title page. Page 158/159 almost loose. Scattered foxing. Former owner's name in antique ink on front free endpaper. Plates and fold-outs as pictured above. There are # signs in pencil in the margins of numerous pages. Else pages are whole and tight. Illustrated with two fold-outs and four plates as called for. 8 1/2" x 5" with 485 pages.
Chapters are: The Travels of Richard Pococke, LLD. FRS. Through Egypt (134 pages); A Journey to Palmyra, or Tedmor in the Desart, by Mr. Robert Wood (23 pages); A Description of Aleppo, and the Adjac...ent Parts, by Alexander Russel, M.D. (29 pages), The Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein into Muscovy, Tartary, and Persia (143 pages); The Travels of Mr. Jonas Hanway, Merchant, Through Russia into Persia and Back Through Russia, Germany, and Holland (137 pages); and An Account of Denmark, by The Lord Molesworth (14 pages).
Condition: Front board held only by binding twine and back board detached. Some bookbinding tape present on hinges and on title page. Page 158/159 almost loose. Scattered foxing. Former owner's name in antique ink on front free endpaper. Plates and fold-outs as pictured above. There are # signs in pencil in the margins of numerous pages. Else pages are whole and tight. Illustrated with two fold-outs and four plates as called for. 8 1/2" x 5" with 485 pages.
