SANDYS TRAVELS, CONTAINING AN HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL AND PRESENT STATE OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE: THEIR LAWS, GOVERNMENT, POLICY, MILITARY FORCE, COURTS OF JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE. THE MAHOMETAN RELIGION AND CEREMONIEWS: A DESCRIPTION OF CONSTANTINOPLE, THE GRAND SIGNIOR'S SERAGLIO, AND HIS MANNER OF LIVING: ALSO, OF GREECE, WITH THE RELIGION AND CUSTOMS OF THE GRECIANS. OF AEGYPT; THE ANTIQUITY, HIEROGLYPHICKS, RITES, CUSTOMS, DISCIPLINE, AND RELIGION OF THE AEGYPTIANS. A VOYAGE ON THE RIVER NILUS: OF ARMENIA, GRAND CAIRO, RHODES, THE PYRAMIDES, COLOSSUS; THE FORMER FLOURISHING AND PRESENT STATE OF ALEXANDRIA. A DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLY-LAND; OF THE JEWS, AND SEVERAL SECTS OF CHRISTIANS LIVING THERE; OF JERUSALEM, SEPULCHRE OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF

Small folio. Rebacked in brown, smooth calf (12 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in.), with perhaps original spine (as much as remained and could be salvaged) laid down. Double ruled in gilt with repeating floral stamping in blind along all four edges of both boards.Five raised bands (six compartments)kall but title show an elaborately-stamped floral design. Rubbing to extremities, and obvious past repair /restoration to top and bottom of spine, and both joints.evident with corners showing. Gilt dentelles in floriated pattern along the edges of both pastedown endpapers, as well as along the top, bottom and leading edges of the book (though that on the bottom edge is largely worn away. All pages edges gilt. Very tightly bound. Pages generally bright and supple, with no foxing, and very slight age-darkening to text block. Fold-out double-page map of "Parts of Africa" present, with small name in ink to bottom right corner in margin. Also present is the fold-out illu]stration entitled: "Prospect of the Grand Signiors Serraglio from Galata." "Illustrated with Fifty Graven Maps and Figures. 240 pp. A lovely copy that you won't be afraid to pull down off the shelf, turn the pages, and read! Note: The full title of the stunning title page (engraved by Francis Delaram from the 1670 6th Edition, bound in to this 7th edition reads: ,A RELATION OF A JOURNEY BEGUN AN. DOM. 1610. FOURE BOOKES CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE, OF AEGYPT, OF THE HOLY LAND, OF THE REMOTE PARTS OF ITALY, AND ILANDS ADJOYNING." This page shows a narrow, 3-inch long, closed edge tear.…