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Genre/Form: | Early works Travel literature Early works to 1800 Pre-Linnean works |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Shaw, Thomas, 1694-1751. Travels. Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, 1738 (OCoLC)647025535 |
Named Person: | Thomas Shaw; Thomas Shaw; Thomas Shaw |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Shaw; Oxford University Press, |
OCLC Number: | 1862507 |
Notes: | T.p. printed in red and black. Includes engraved title vignette (Sheldonian Theatre); head- and tail-pieces, capitals; marginal notes. Signatures: [pi]⁴, a-d² A-5T², A-R². "A collection of such papers as serve to illustrate the foregoing observations" and Index (60, [8] p.) includes text in Greek and Latin. Includes errata (p. [xvi]). A supplement to this work was published in 1746 under the title: "Supplement to a book entituled Travels, or Observations, &c." Also published in a large paper issue. |
Description: | [8], xv, [1], 442, [2], 60, [8] pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; 37 cm |
Contents: | Preface -- Geographical observations relating to kingdom of Algiers -- Geographical observations relating to kingdom of Tunis -- Physical & miscellaneous observations &c., or an essay towards the natural history &c. of the kingdoms of Algiers and Tunis -- Geographical, physical and miscellaneous observations relating to Syria &c., Egypt and Arabia Petræa -- A collection of such papers as serve to illustrate the foregoing observations. |
Other Titles: | Travels, or Geographical, physical and miscellaneous observations & c Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant Travels, or geograhical, physical and miscellaneous observations, etc. |
Responsibility: | by Thomas Shaw. |
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