78/ 905 [Africa]. Tournefort, J. Pitton de. Beschryving van eene reize naar de Levant, gedaan op bevel des Konings van Vrankryk (...). Amst., Janssoons van Waesberge, 1737, 2 parts in 1 vol., (32),191,(1); (4),187,(21)p., 89 (fold.) engr. maps/ plates, 45 ills., later hcl., 4to.

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= The first and only Dutch edition. Tiele 1103; Nissen ZBI, 4157 and Hunt 445; Blackmer sale 329 (French edition, 1717) and Atabey 959-961 (various editions). "Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was one of the greatest botanists of his time, discovering many new plant species during his travels in the Levant." (Blackmer). "The botanist Pitton de Tournefort set out for the Levant in 1700 on a mission for Louis XIV. He was accompanied by the artist Claude Aubriet, whose drawings were engraved for the work, and by the doctor Gundelsheimer. The party travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago and Crete, continuing on to Constantinople and Asia Minor, then overland to Persia, returning to Paris in 1702." (Atabey). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.