TOURNEFORT

A VOYAGE INTO THE LEVANT

TOURNEFORT, M.

London, 1718

2 Volumes, 24×19.5 cm.

with 153 engraved plates and maps

The first edition in English appeared the year after the original French publication. Tournefort was a botanist who set out for the Levant in 1700 at the behest of Louis XIV, travelling extensively in the Archipelago. He spent a considerable time in Crete before going on to Constantinople and Asia Minor.