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68 2975 Africa Shaw T 68/2975 [Africa]. Shaw, T. Reizen en Aanmerkingen, Door en Over Barbaryen en het Ooste (...). Uit het Engelsch vertaald en Vermeerderd en Opgehelderd met Aanteekeningen van den Vertaler; S. Rau, M. Tydeman, C. Saxe en P. Boddaert. Amst., De Compagnie, 1780, 3 parts in 1 vol., XXIV,XX,409,(1); (10),208; 99,(1)p., 2 ident. engr. titles, 8 fold. and 5 full-p. maps, 2 fold. views (i.a. of Algiers), 1 fold. view of Algiers, 4 fold. and 21 full-p. plates, 6 vignettes and num. woodcut textills., contemp. hcalf, 4to. - Partly with (vague) brown stain, sometimes the stain on textlvs. mould w. loss of some letters; a few maps wrinkled and w. repaired tears. = Tiele 1001; Cox I, p.377; Nissen, ZBI 3841 (all first Dutch ed. Utr., 1773). This edition is the only one with the nice large engr. view of Algiers. The first (English) edition was published in 1738, four years after Shaw's return from Africa. Howgego S92: "English scholar, natural historian and traveller (1692-1751). (...) After receiving holy orders, Shaw was appointed chaplain to the English factory in Algiers. He held the post for twelve years, then travelled for three years across North Africa, passing through Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, and continuing into Palestine and Syria."