[Egypt] Pococke, R. Beschrijving van het Oosten en van eenige andere landen

Eerste deel (...) van Egypte. Uit het Engelsch overgezet en met aantekeningen voorzien door Ernst Willem Cramerus. Met eene voorrede van Rutger Schutte (...). Utr. etc., G.T. and A. van Paddenburg etc., 1776-1778, 2 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, XXXVI,219,(1); VIII,(4),224-491 p., w. 80 fold. engr. plates (skipping number XXXIII and w. a few B and C numbers) as indicated in the binder's index, cont. hcalf, gilt and ribbed spine w. 2 contrast. mor. letterpieces, 4to. The general map of Egypt w. large tear in the white section and misfolded, some fingersoiling, occas. other internal imperfections. Spine-ends chipped, outer corners bumped/ showing and paper over covers chafed/ worn. In all, a good and untrimmed copy.

Richard Pococke (1704 –1765) was an English prelate and anthropologist. From 1737-1741 he visited the Near East, visiting Egypt, ascending the Nile as far as Philae, and then passed into Palestine, Lebanon & Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece. He often visited places where only few travellers had been before. Koster 42.1 & 42.2; Cox I, p. 224-5; Tiele 869; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p. 124; Tobler p. 127: "Darin liegt eben das verdienstliche, dass Pococke dem Tross der Pilger nicht folgte."