First Dutch translation of Pococke's important and popular description of his travels in the East. The narrative provides detailed information on the fauna, flora, topography, and the local manners of the areas Pococke visited. Volume one covers Egypt, volume two is devoted to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cypress, Crete, and the Greek archipelago, and the last volume contains descriptions of Asia Minor, Thrace and Greece. The present Dutch edition was augmented with 27 plates and an essay by the minister Rutger Schutte, an expert on biblical antiquities.
Pococke's description of Egypt was one of the earliest modern accounts of the area, and includes a report of his journey along the Nile, which he ascended as far as Philae. The narrative enjoyed great popularity and was translated into several European languages. "The quality and particularly the earliness of his observations and their record in prose, maps, and diagrams make him one of the most important near eastern travellers, ranking with Frederik Ludvig Norden and Carsten Niebuhr, in stimulating an Egyptian revival in European art and architecture, and recording much that has subsequently been lost" (Baigent).
Very fine uniformly bound and uncut set. Tiele, Bibl. 869; cf. Blackmer 1323 (English ed.); for the author: Baigent, "Pococke, Richard (1704-1765"; in: ODNB (online ed.)