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Great Britain
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Reference IDs
ESTC number: T92839
Keynes: 96
Folger call number: 245- 193q Vol. 1
Folger holdings ID: 174158
Notes
Edition
The second edition. Corrected and improv'd, and adorn'd with copper-plates. .
Bibliographic format
octavo
General notes
Vol.1 was first issued in 1673 as a separate work under the title 'Observations topographical, moral, & physiological; made in a journey through part of the Low-countries, .. ', which here appears as a drop-head title Vol.2 bearing the title 'A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing, Dr. Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, .. Translated .. by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, .. collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, .. To which are added Three catalogues of such trees, .. as grow in the Levant. By the Rev. John Ray, F.R.S.', was first issued in 2 vols. as a separate work in 1693 The half-titles and titlepages of both volumes are printed in red and black; divisional titlepages are printed in black only 'Catalogus stirpium in exteris regionibus ...' in vol.1 and 'Stirpium orientalium. Rariorum catalogi tres.' in vol.2 are printed in Latin and have separate pagination Half-title: 'Mr. Ray's travels.'
Item information about Folger 245- 193q Vol. 1
With three plates. Burn hole, affecting text on p. 55-56. Bound in paper covered boards; gilt spine title on a suede label: "Ray Travels 1738 I". Provenance: bookplate of Mary P. Massey
Also known as
Extended title: Travels through the Low-countries : Germany, Italy and France, with curious observations, ... also, a catalogue of plants, found spontaneously growing in those parts, ... By ... John Ray, F.R.S. To which is added, An account of the travels of Francis Willughby, Esq; through great part of Spain
Related names
former owner: Massey, Mary P.