Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, DS47 .W55 1613
beschrieben und aussgestanden durch Johann Wilden, Burgern inn Nürnberg ; mit einer Vorrede Herrn Salomon Schweiggers. Very rare first and sole... Show morebeschrieben und aussgestanden durch Johann Wilden, Burgern inn Nürnberg ; mit einer Vorrede Herrn Salomon Schweiggers. Very rare first and sole edition of this remarkable travel account by the second confirmed Westerner to enter Mecca, and one of the earliest printed sources on travel in the Arabian Peninsula. Johann Wild's journey as a slave to a Muslim master took him from Cairo to modern-day Yemen: it is one of the earliest descriptions of Western and Southwestern Arabia, including Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. Wild was also the first European to describe the important pilgrim resting stop of Yanbu (cf. Charles Beckingham, "The Arabian Travels of Johann Wild"). - Wild and his Persian master made the Hajj from Cairo in 1606, enduring many hardships along the way. All told, the caravan and supplies of the pilgrims totaled 100,000 camels and was an obvious target for Bedouin bandits and marauders, who pillaged their supplies and killed many of the pilgrims enroute. His account of the journey is rich in detail, describing eg the beggars who pester the pilgrims for water in the Sinai desert and the booths selling jewelry and perfumes he finds in Mecca. After spending 20 days in Mecca, including a description of the ceremonial procession to Mount Arafat, Wild and his master left for Medina to visit the Tomb of the Prophet and then to Jeddah. From Jeddah they sailed to Mocha at the southern tip of Yemen (Wild erroneously believed he had reached Africa!), where Wild describes the resistance of the 'Moors' - probably indigenous Arabs - to the rule of the Pasha of Cairo. - Wild (b. 1585) eventually escaped from slavery and returned to Europe via Istanbul, reaching his hometown of Nurnberg around 1610. The present work includes an engraved portrait of the remarkable author - who had evidently converted to Islam at some stage of his captivity - at the age of just 28, when the book was published. It also contains a woodcut folding map detailing the scope of Wild's journey from Europe to the Arabian Peninsula. - Jews or Christians were traditionally forbidden on pain of death from entering the holy cities of Islam; very few Europeans thus recorded any personal experience of these places in the Early Modern period. The first recorded European to enter Mecca was Ludovico Varthema in 1503, who had disguised himself as a Turkish soldier. Reports by the Frenchman Vincent Leblanc of a visit to Mecca in 1568 are generally dismissed as spurious, as is the manuscript account of the German Emanuel Oertel dated to the 1560s (cf. Beckingham). The next European to visit Mecca after Wild would be the Englishman Joseph Pitts in 1680. - Wild's account is very rare, and is often found incomplete. VD17 shows just 7 complete copies in German libraries, while OCLC shows just 5 copies in American institutions. The last complete copy at German auction was in 1993. A second edition, also rare, was published in 1623. - Invisible repair to verso of map fold. Light foxing and fingersoiling, occasional dog-earing, otherwise a very good copy in a fine restored period binding. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .W55 1613 Book Item-ID: i16875643 BIB-ID: 1510986 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS47 .H37 1860
nach den ältesten Handschriften und mit deren 47 Bildern in Holzschnitt herausgegeben von Eberhard von Groote. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 ... Show morenach den ältesten Handschriften und mit deren 47 Bildern in Holzschnitt herausgegeben von Eberhard von Groote. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .H37 1860 Book Item-ID: i22335717 BIB-ID: 2392061 Show less
Crusius, Philipp , 1597-1676, Brüggemann, Otto , 1600-1640, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .O44
Written originally by Adam Olearius, secretary to the embassy. Faithfully rendered into English, by John Davies. Vol. 2 has special t.-p: The... Show moreWritten originally by Adam Olearius, secretary to the embassy. Faithfully rendered into English, by John Davies. Vol. 2 has special t.-p: The voyages & travels of J. Albert de Mandelslo ... into the East-Indies ... "He [Frederick] employ'd in this embassy Philip Crusius ... and Otton Brugman." cf. p. 1. Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travle, Description and travel, DS47 .S77 1678
Aus dem jollaendishcen uebergesetzt von A.M. Title on engraved title page: Johann J. Straußens Reisen durch Griechenland, Moscau, Tarterey,... Show moreAus dem jollaendishcen uebergesetzt von A.M. Title on engraved title page: Johann J. Straußens Reisen durch Griechenland, Moscau, Tarterey, Ostindien, und andere Theile der Welt. Includes index. Printed title page in red & black. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .S77 1678 Book Item-ID: i10169222 BIB-ID: 1018558 Show less
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, G370 .B44 1668
von Johann von der Behr. With an added engraved title page, which has been included in the number of plates, with title 'Tagebuch der neun jährigen... Show morevon Johann von der Behr. With an added engraved title page, which has been included in the number of plates, with title 'Tagebuch der neun jährigen Ost-indianische[n] Reise. Ioh. vo[n] der Behr.' and impritn "In Verlegung Urbanj Spaltholtze[r]s Buchhändlers in Breslau, 1669.' Added title page, engraved. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, which has been included in the number of plates. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut initials. Title page followed by a four-page preface and six pages written in praise of the author by various friends. The unnumbered pages at the end contain a two-page translation of the author's passport document and an index. The numbers on the plates refer to the page opposite which they are supposed to be placed. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General G370 .B44 1668 Book Item-ID: i24527956 BIB-ID: 2623515 Show less
v. 5. Malerische reise in Istrien und Dalmatien.--v. 6. Malerische Reise in Neapel und Sicilien. In 6 Bandchen ... Fine German series of engravings... Show morev. 5. Malerische reise in Istrien und Dalmatien.--v. 6. Malerische Reise in Neapel und Sicilien. In 6 Bandchen ... Fine German series of engravings showing Levantine travel views, accompanied by extensive descriptions, rarely encountered in a complete set. The plates were engraved after Louis François Cassas's "Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phénicie, de la Palestine et de la Basse Égypte" (Paris 1799, 180 plates in-folio; never completed - cf. Cohen/Ricci 204; Tobler 134) and were used previously in the "Wiener Taschenbuch" published by Degen from 1803 to 1809. The travels whose views are depicted here were mainly undertaken during the years 1778-87; Cassas was one of the engravers whom Choiseul-Gouffier had hired for his "Voyage Pittoresque". The text is compiled from the reports of various travellers. The views depict cities, landscapes, and classical and modern buildings of the Near East, usually enlivened by human and animal figures, including the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, a holy camel, as well as the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 1779, the Phlegrean Fields near Naples, etc. - Contemp. owner's note "Schumburg" on front pastedown of vol. 3. Slight foxing, otherwise a good, compete copy in the original printed boards as issued. Untrimmed Main Heritage Shelves General G463 .M35 1820 Book vol. 3 Item-ID: i22671614 BIB-ID: 1507111 Show less