Voyages De Monsr. Shaw ... Dans Plusieurs Provinces De La Barbarie Et Du Levant: Contenant Des Observations Géographiques, Physiques, Philologiques Et Melées Sur Les Royaumes D'Alger Et De Tunis, Sur La Syrie, L'Egypte Et L'Arabie Petrées
A French translation of Thomas Shaw's 1743 travel account of Barbary, Syria, Egypt and Arabia Petraea, covering the Algiers and Tunis regions, written for European readers interested in geography and natural history. Its plates are engraved botanical studies of Mediterranean and Levantine plants, drawn in ink-line detail with Latin and French labels beneath each specimen, showing stems, leaves, flower heads and seed pods that a designer could use for botanical motifs, herbarium-style layouts or vintage scientific diagrams.
