The travels and adventures of Edward Brown, Esq; formerly a merchant in London. Containing his observations on France and Italy; his voyage to the Levant; his account of the Isle of Malta; his remarks in his journies through the lower and upper Egypt;: together with a brief description of the Abyssinian Empire. Interspersed throughout with several curious historical passages relating to our own as well as foreign nations; as also with critical disquisitions as to the Sciences in Egypt, particularly Phy
by [CAMPBELL, John]
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Printed by J. Appleby, for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; William Hinchcliff; and Stephen Austen,, 1739.. 1739 xvi, 434 p. First edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked and corners neatly restored. Final blank leaf present. First and last leaves lightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy. The first important publication of this miscellaneous writer who was highly regarded by both Johnson and Walpole. It is a ficitious account in the manner of Defoe, which allows the writer to include a mass of information on his chosen subject. A second edition appeared in 1753. ESTC T44124. Campbell was born in Edinburgh in 1708 but spent much of his life in London. From 1765 to his death in 1775 he held the post of His Majesty's agent to the Province of Georgia.
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- The travels and adventures of Edward Brown, Esq; formerly a merchant in London. Containing his observations on France and Italy; his voyage to the Levant; his account of the Isle of Malta; his remarks in his journies through the lower and upper Egypt;
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- Printed by J. Appleby, for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; William Hinchcliff; and Stephen Austen,
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