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A View of the Levant by PERRY, Charles M.D
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Book description: London : T. Woodward, C. Davis and J. Shuckburgh,, 1743. First edition. Folio. (14 1/4 x 9 inches). xviii, [8] subscriber's list, 524, [4] index. Thirty-three engraved plates on twenty sheets, several folding. Modern old-style full paneled calf, gilt tooled spine compartments, gilt stamped red leather label. Oval impressed crease to first forty pages or so, light foxing to title page, otherwise a near fine handsome copy. First edition of the very informative work on the Levant by Charles Perry (1698-1780). Giving special reference to Egypt - most of the plates are of Egyptian antiquities - the work also contains an account of the Janissaries' revolt in 1730, with a portrait of their leader Ali Patrona. Atabey 940; Blackmer 1291.
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