The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq; containing his observations on France, Italy, Turkey in Europe, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and many other parts of the world: giving a particular and faithful account of what is most remarkable in the manners, religion, polity, antiquities, and natural history of those countries: with a curious description of Jerusalem, as it now appears, and other places mention'd in the Holy Scriptures. The whole forming a compleat view of the ancient and modern state of great part of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Publish'd from the author's original manuscript, interspers'd with the remarks of several other modern travellers, and illustrated with historical, geographical, and miscellaneous notes by the editor. Adorn'd with maps and prints. In three volumes

People / Organizations

• Charles Thompson (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden-Lion in Ludgate-street, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

Publication year

1744

ESTC No.

N52396

Grub Street ID

36381

Description

3v.,plates : maps ; 8°.

Note

Titlepages in red and black

A variant of vol.1 has some pages in a different setting, but most appear to be the same setting. Copy filmed at Primary Source Microfilm: The Eighteenth Century, reel 16179 (National Library of Scotland copy) has final line of text on p.3 beginning "ed it to be placed there;" the variant has "it to be placed there:" Copy filmed has "Golden-Lion" in imprint, the variant has "Golden Lion"

Part printed by William Bowyer; his records show between 550 and 620 copies printed of various parts.