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 Johnston, Samuel. Smart, Christopher and Goldsmith Oliver.: The World Displayed: or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, selected from the Writers of all Nations in which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain Editors and Translators are expunged... , Dublin: Printed by James Williams The Second Edition corrected 1779.Four vols. bound as two. 14.5 by 8.5 cms. Vol XIII/XIV. and Vol XIX/XX only. Vol. XIII/XIV. vi+191+240 pp. Vol. XIX/XX.243+209 pp. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth volume completes Dr. Pococke's Travels through Egypt, and includes A Journey to Palmyra, Dr. Russell's Description of Aleppo and the adjacent parts, Travels of the Holstein Ambassadors through Muscovy into Persia, Travels of Mr Hanway through Russia into Persia . Vol. nineteen/twenty concludes Dr. Mission's travels through Germany and Italy, and includes Mr Addison's Travels through Italy and Swisserland, , Mr Keysler's Travels through Swisserland, Germany, and Hungary. and Mr Steven's Travels through France, A description of Spain and Portugal, A Description of Sweden, An account of Denmark,The Natural History of Norway by Erich Pontoppidan, Travels through the most Northern Parts of Europe and the Travells of Mons. Maupertius and his Associates. Illustrated with woodcuts of Palmira, the Great Temple of Palmira, Aleppo, Isfahan (3), the Kremlin Moscow, executing Russian Pirates, Astrabad. 2 of the folding illustrations are incomplete, 1 of Isfahan the Maidan-i-Shah and Aleppo, 1 repaired. Vol19/20 has, The Czarina travelling in winter, the Theatre Berlin, the Pantheon, Virgil's tomb, Catacombs at Naples,Vesuvius, view of Paris,Versailles,Marly, Escorial, the ruins of St Nicholas Lisbon after the earthquake ,a dangerous road in Norway, the dress of the Boors Bergen, the manner of fowling in Norway, sledges drawn by reindeer in Lapland, 1woodcut is incomplete(Escorial).,contemporary polished calf binding,original spine labels, showing a bit of wear and age but internally tight, clean copies. The illustrations apart from a few incomplete are delightful. (Book ref. 10429) £100.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Saintfield Antiques & Fine Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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