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Maundrell, Henry. A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697. The sixth edition, to which is now added an account of the author's journey to the banks of Euphrates at Beer, and to the country of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre for A. Peifley, 1740. 8vo (20.3 cm, 8"). [12], 171, [1 (blank)] pp.; 15 plts. (9 fold.).
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• Sixth edition, with a new index and with 15 plates, nine folding, depicting temples and other sights. The author served as chaplain to the Company of Levant Merchants factory in Aleppo from 1696 until his death in 1701; this account of his visits to Jerusalem was often reprinted and became one of the best-known contemporary travelogues.

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