A description of the East : and some other countries / by Richard Pococke.

By: Pococke, Richard, 1704-1765
Publisher: London : printed for the author, by W. Bowyer; and sold by J. and P. Knapton, W. Innys, W.Meadows, G. Hawkins, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, R. Dodsley, J. Nourse, and J. Rivington, MDCCXLIII-MDCCXLV. [1743-1745].Description: 2 v. : ill., maps, plans, plates ; 42 cm.Subject(s): Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 | Egypt -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 | Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800Ownership: AES copy has the bookplate of Roger Hesketh as well as bookplate of Rossal Hall Library
Contents:
Contents: Vol. 1, Observations on Egypt.-- Vol. 2 pt. 1. Observations on Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, and Candia.-- Vol. 2 pt. 2. Observations on the islands of the Archipelago, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece, and some other parts of Europe.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Greece and Rome Rare Rare Books POC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 5345/5346
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Rare RBC.2°.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000101512
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Rare RBC.2°.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000101520
Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Rare H.2.B.10 [V.1] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00005087
Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Rare H.2.B.11 [V.2] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00005088
Total holds: 0

Contents: Vol. 1, Observations on Egypt.-- Vol. 2 pt. 1. Observations on Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, and Candia.-- Vol. 2 pt. 2. Observations on the islands of the Archipelago, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece, and some other parts of Europe.

AES copy has the bookplate of Roger Hesketh as well as bookplate of Rossal Hall Library.

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