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Richard Burton, pseud. of Nathaniel Crouch; Samuel Brett. A Journey to Jerusalem : Containing the Travels of Fourteen Englishmen in 1667, to the Holy Land, and Other Memorable Places Noted in Scripture. : To Which Is Prefixed, Memorable Remarks Upon the Ancient and Modern State of the Jewish Nation.. Hartford : Printed by J. Babcock, 1796.

Price: US$725.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 12mo. 132 p. ; 18 cm. First American Edition. An unsophisticated copy. Contemporary leather spine over blue boards. Worn binding. Printed on blued paper. Foxing throughout. Tear with loss to text on the middle of pg 21/2. Evans 30301Nathaniel Crouch was an English printer and bookseller, and under the pseudonym Richard Burton (or R.B.) wrote historical books as well. As a historian, he is considered a hack, borrowing material from other books and rewriting them under his pseudonym, then publishing and marketing them under the Crouch imprint, though more recent assessments of his life and career see him as an important figure in the development of historiography, especially in the popularization of a hitherto high-culture genre of discourse. "With probably little education, but something of a natural gift for writing, Crouch had the sagacity to see that the works of the learned, from their form and price, were kept within a narrow circle of readers, while there was a vast multitude outside who were able and willing to read, provided that a literature suited to their means and capacities was supplied to them. He accordingly set himself the task of transfusing large and pompous books into a series of small, cheap volumes, modestly concealing his authorship under his nom de plume. Thus, he produced Surprising Miracles of Nature and Art, and many other treatises on very plain paper, and sold [them] at an exceedingly reasonable rate. His enterprise and diligence were rewarded by large sales and considerable wealth." --Kacirk, Jeff (1997). Forgotten English

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Burton, R. (Nathaniel Crouch). A Journey to Jerusalem, Containing the Travels of Fourteen Englishmen in 1667, to the Holy Land, and Other Memorable Places Noted in Scripture. To Which is Prefixed, Memorable Remarks Upon the Ancient and Modern State of the Jewish Nation. J. Babcock, Hartford, 1796.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Description: 12mo. 132pp. Leather over blue paper covered boards. This a later edition of the original published in 1794. Blue front free endpapers with original inscription of previous owner, reading "Isaac Grant's book". This work, published many years after Crouch's death is his printing of this fascinating travelogue to the Holy Land (Palestine) during the Ottoman era. Included in the publication is "A Relation of the Great Council of the Jews in the Plains of Hungary, in 1650, to Examine the Scriptures Concerning Christ", by Samuel Beert, describing an attempt to convert Hungarian Jews to Christianity; and "An Account of the Wonderful Delusion of the Jews by a False Messiah at Smyrna, 1666", detailing the events surrounding Sabbatai Zevi, who claimed to be the Jewish messiah in 1666. Binding with staining, chipping, bumping and tears to the paper boards. Leather spine with some rubbing. Interior with free front endpaper missing 1.5" chip at bottom right corner. Light age toning to pages with some light foxing and water stains. Rear free endpapers with some light creasing and rippling. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ condition. Nathaniel Crouch (born c. 1632) was an English printer and bookseller, and under the pseudonym Richard Burton (or R.B.) wrote historical books as well. As a historian, he is considered a hack, borrowing material from other books and rewriting them under his pseudonym, then publishing and marketing them under the Crouch imprint. Though he was the type of writer/publisher denounced in the following century by writers such as Samuel Butler and Alexander Pope, more recent assessments of his life and career see him as an important figure in the development of historiography, especially in the popularization of a hitherto high-culture genre of discourse. Later edition of Singerman # 0077.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Burton, R.. A JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM, Containing the Travels of Fourteen Englishmen in 1667, to the Holy Land and Other Memorable Places noted in Scripture. To Which is Prefixed the Ancient and Modern State of the Jewish Nation.. J. Babcock, Hartford, 1796.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 132 pp; contempory paper over boards over brown leather spine; binding tight; no repairs or alterations; some scuffing and wear to boards; with rear board missing small piece about the size of a dime at spine; front and rear hinges split but intact; has previous owners name on top of ffep; some notations in pencil on rear end papers; browning and moderate foxing throught; interior pages clean and free of marks (PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST).

Seller: Maiden Voyage Booksellers, Kennebunk, ME, U.S.A.