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Hasselquist (Fredrik). Voyages and Travels in the Levant; in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52. Containing Observations in Natural History, Physick, Agriculture, and Commerce ... written originally in the Swedish Language ... Published ... by Charles Linnaeus, 1st edition in English, London: for L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1766, engraved folding map, moderate browning, final leaf repaired, modern half calf, 8vo (20.4 x 12.5 cm), together with: Graziani (Antonio Maria), Histoire de la guerre de Chypre. Ecrite en latin ... et traduite en françois par Mr. Le Peletier, 2 volumes, 2nd edition in French, Lyon: Thomas Amaulry, 1686, additional engraved title-page, ownership inscription dated 1696 to volume 2 front free endpaper (other free endpapers absent), occasional marginalia in the same hand, contemporary French calf, rubbed overall, spines chipped at foot, 12mo (14.7 x 8 cm), Anquetil (Louis-Pierre), Histoire de France, depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à la mort de Louis XVI, 15 volumes, 2nd edition ('revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée'), Paris: Garnery, Fantin, 1813, contemporary half calf, a few labels perished, 12mo (16.8 x 9.8 cm), Egmond van de Nijenburg (Jan Aegidius van, & Jan Heyman), Travels through Parts of Europe, Asia Minor, the Islands of the Archipelago; Syria, Palestine, Egypt Mount Sinai, etc., 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1759, the 6 folding plates absent, contemporary engraved bookplates and ownership inscriptions to front pastedowns, contemporary tree calf, 8vo (20 x 12 cm), and 5 others, Mediterranean travel, odd volumes or incomplete copies, including Des Hayes, Voiage de Levant, 3rd edition, 1645 (Qty: 27) Atabey 564 (Hasselquist); Cobham-Jeffery pp. 26 (Hasselquist), 24 (Graziani). Hasselquist's work is 'the first systematic natural history of the Holy Land' (Blackmer); the first part takes the form of a diary and also describes Turkey, Egypt and Cyprus. Hasselquist was a student of Linneaus, who saw the Latin first edition (1757) through the press following Hasselquist's death in 1752. Graziani's work was first published in Latin in 1624; the French translation was first printed in Paris in 1685.