A Relation of a Journey…Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote Parts of Italy.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $450

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

author

(SANDYS, GEORGE).

printer

for Andrew Crooke

Place

London

Publication

1637

Description

Fourth edition. Four parts in one. Engraved architectural title page, double-page map of the Eastern Mediterranean, numerous engraved illustrations in the text.

references

Roehricht 923; cf. Laor 681 and cf. Blackmer 1484.

summary

An account of a journey to the Levant in 1610 that first appeared in 1615 and was immediately well received.

pp. (4), 309. Lacks (as often) the engraved view of the Sergalio, lightly worn and stained, bookplate removed. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed and worn. Sm. folio. Sold not subject to return.

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