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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, as Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea &c. … The Second taking in many parts of Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia Felix, and Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red-Sea, &c. … To which are added, Three Catalogues of such Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs as grow in the Levant.
First edition. "Ray was requested by Hans Sloane to revise Staphorst's translation of Rauwolff. Ray made the selections from the works of other travellers and produced the catalogue of plants of the Levant … Rauwolff was a German botanist whose account of his travels first appeared in 1582. The selections from Belon appear to be original translations by Ray, as well as the selections from the Italian botanist, Alpinus. Ray has also reprinted from the Royal Society Transactions Francis Vernon's important letter from Smyrna" (Blackmer).
Octavo (189 × 118 mm) Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, spine with red and green morocco labels, flat bands, gilt, small gilt devices to the endpapers. Licence leaf creased, dedication leaf slightly torn in the head margin, no loss of text, some browning throughout, very good.
