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MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- MAUNDRELL, H. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697. The 6th ed., to which is now added an account of the author's journey to the banks of the Euphrates at Beer; and to the country of Mesopotamia. Oxf./Lond., A. Peisley/W. Meadows, 1740. (10), 171, (1) pp. W. engr. ti-vign., & 15 (fold.) engr. plates. 19th c. black cf. w. raised bands, gilt lettering, inside dentelles, a.e.g. (Spine and extremities a bit chafed).
Finest edition of probably the most famous Palestine travelogue, containing one of the first descriptions of Baalbek (Lebanon). Both Baalbek and Palmyra seem to have been ignored by travelers before the end of the 17th century. Maundrell provides accurate descriptions and illustrations of both. The book contains 15 plates, a.o. with a view of Aleppo, Mount Carmel, Solomon's cisterns, Mount Tabor and 7 double-paged engravings of the temple Baalbek, a Roman structure in Lebanon. - Cox I, p. 219 (3rd ed.); Tobler, pp. 116-118 (3rd ed.); Weber, pp. 100-101, nrs. 444-450 (first, foreign and later editions); Röhricht, pp. 286-287; Blackmer, p. 111, No. 214.€ 280
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