Der Christliche Ulysses.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

HARANT, CHRISTOPH.

printer

Wolfgang Moritz Endter

Place

Nuremberg

Publication

1678

Description

Engraved frontispiece, portraits, folding maps, views and text illustrations.

summary

This richly illustrated work, first issued in Prague in 1608 and titled “Journey from Bohemia to the Holy Land, by way of Venice and the Sea” is likely the first published account of the Near East by a Czech traveler. The author, Christoph Harant von Polschitz und Weseritz (1564-1621), was a diplomat, composer and humanist and one of the most important personalities in Bohemia in his time.

ff. (23), 881, (18). Lightly browned in places, library withdrawal stamp on title, inner hinge split. Contemporary vellum, light wear. Thick 4to.

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