Levant.- Russell (Alexander) The Natural History of Aleppo, 2 vol., second, revised and enlarged edition, folding engraved frontispiece view of Aleppo and 19 plates including 8 botanical plates by Ehret, 5 folding, final errata leaf in vol.1, very occasional marginal soiling but generally an excellent clean copy, contemporary tree calf, spines ruled in gilt with red and green roan labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, wear to corners and heads of spines, [Blackmer 1458; Nissen BBI 3534], 4to, for G.G. and J.Robinson, 1794.
⁂ A lovely copy. Russell was physician to the English factory in Aleppo; this second edition was revised by his brother Patrick and contains additional plates to those in the first edition of 1756.
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