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Voyages and travels in the Levant in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52
Verlag: L. Davis and C. Reymers, London, 1766
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Hasselquist, Fredrik (1722-52); Carl Linnaeus (1707-78). Voyages and travels in the Levant; in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52. Containing observations in natural history, physick, agriculture and commerce . . . [8], viii, 456pp. Engraved frontispiece map. London: L. Davis & C. Reymers, 1766. 202 x 120 mm. Gilt-ruled calf ca. 1766, rebacked preserving original spine, light edgewear. Minor foxing and toning but very good. Occasional pencil notes in a later hand. First Edition in English. Hasselquist was one of the so-called "Apostles of Linnaeus"â "students who traveled throughout the world on scientific expeditions devised or sanctioned by Carl Linnaeus. "Linnaeus in his lectures had often mentioned the Levant, and Palestine in particular, as fruitful, unexplored country for the naturalist, and he fired Hasselquist with the desire to go there. In vain the Master tried to dissuade him: the boy hadn't the money, he hadn't the stamina (he showed signs of consumption). But Hasselquist would not listen to reason. The moneyâ "just, but only just, enoughâ "was raised by Linnaeus, and a free passage to Izmir (Smyrna) found in one of the ships of the Levant Company" (Blunt, The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus, pp. 184-185). From 1749 to 1752 Hasselquist traveled throughout the Middle East and some of the Aegean islands, amassing a rich collection of zoological, botanical and geological specimens; unfortunately, his health failed and he died before he could return to Sweden. When Linnaeus read Hasselquist's travel journals, he was extremely impressed: "I swear I have never yet read anything so full of fresh, genuine and precise observations as these; they penetrate me as God's word penetrates a deacon . . . So admirable a travel journal has never appeared" (quoted in Blunt, p. 185). In 1757 he published Hasselquist's journal under the title Iter Palaestinium; this was followed by translations into English, German, French and Dutch. Soulsby, Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus, 3582. .
