Noe Bianco. Viaggio da Venetia al Santo Sepolchro et al Monte Sinai.

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Presso il Miloco

Venice

1645

Title page printed in red and black, with woodcut device of three cruciforms and Franciscan motto. Woodcuts throughout of cities, monuments, exotic trees and animals. Some city views printed from two blocks and extend across two pages. Some cuts signed with the initials Z.A.

Rare edition containing charming views of Venice, Cairo, and Jerusalem; and four two page views of: Corfu, Modone (Methoni), Candia (Crete) and Rhodes. Considered the only available guide to pilgrims to the Holy Land for a long time, the author - Bianchi (d. 1568) made a pilgrimage in 1527, inspired in turn by another Italian traveller, Niccolo da Poggibonzi (1346-1350). Some interesting depictions of Jerusalem can be found in this attractive, compact volum