[Near East]. MAUNDRELL (Henry). A Journey from Aleppo to Je - Lot 190

[Near East]. MAUNDRELL (Henry). A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem. At Easter AD 1697. The Fourth Edition, to which is now added an Account of the Author's Journey to the Banks of Euphrates at Beer, and to the Country of Mesopotamia. Oxford, printed at the Theatre, 1721. In-8, [6] f., 145 p., [3] f., 10 p., [1] bl. f., pl, contemporary havana basane, 5-rib spine, brown title-piece, caissons decorated with 3 cold frames (flaws including stains, split jaws, uncovered headpieces and corners; pale angular halo. p. 129 and 145-6, small ink stains p. 140-141). New edition of this account of a journey to Palestine, with precise descriptions of Baalbec and Palmyra. The text first appeared in 1703: this edition is enlarged and includes 6 more plates than the previous ones, for a total of 15 copper-engraved plates, some of them folding, including a panorama of Aleppo and one of Baalbek. Provenance: Philip Whiteway, English archaeologist (bookplate); Yves Castanet (stamp). (Atabey 784. Blackmer 1095).