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RAY, JOHN

A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages. In Two Tomes. The First containing Dr. Leonhart Rauwolff's Itinerary into the Eastern Countries… Translated from the High Dutch by Nicholas Staphorst. The Second taking in many parts of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Arabia Felix, and Patæa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea…

A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages. In Two Tomes. The First containing Dr. Leonhart Rauwolff's Itinerary into the Eastern Countries… Translated from the High Dutch by Nicholas Staphorst
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Travel & Exploration

FIRST EDITION, [32], 396,[2];[6],186,45,[3]pp., title printed within double ruled border, imprimatur lead preceding title, bookplate to pastedown, 8vo, contemporary brown calf, blind ruled, spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label, 8vo, London, S. Smith and B. Watford, 1693

The first English translation of Leonhard Rauwolff’s Aigentliche Beschreibung der Raisz so er vor diser Zeit gegen Auffgang inn die Morgenländer (1583). In 1573 Rauwolf travelled through the Levant and Mesopotamia in search of herbal medicine supplies. His trip was the foundation for several works, including a general travel narrative about his visit. In addition to botanical investigations, Rauwolff observed and recorded his impressions of the people, customs, and sights of the Levantine region; he was one of the first Europeans to describe the drinking of coffee.

“The Second Tome” has extracts from works by Pierre Belon, Francis Vernon, Sir George Wheler, Thomas Smith, John Greaves, Robert Huntington and others.

Provenance: From the Library of James M. Osborn

[Cox Vol. 1p.8; Keynes 92; Wing R385; Hunt 390]

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