Prester John, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G159 .R36 1554, 910.8
Title for vols.. 2 and 3: Secondo [-terzo] volume delle nauigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da m. Gio. Battista Ramusio. In addition vol. 2 has "et... Show moreTitle for vols.. 2 and 3: Secondo [-terzo] volume delle nauigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da m. Gio. Battista Ramusio. In addition vol. 2 has "et hora in questa nuoua editione accresciuto." Title page vignettes; initials and printed marginalia. Vol. 2 dated MDLXXXIII; vol. 3 dated M D LXV. Leaves 22, 24, 104, 154 of vol. 1 misfoliated 15, 25, 105, 134. The 6 plates (double maps) are in vol. 1; the folding maps and plan in vol. 3 are each counted as 2 leaves in the foliation except for the last. Main Heritage Shelves General G159 .R36 1554 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i20302472 BIB-ID: 1009464 Show less
Prester John, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G159 .R36 1554, 910.8
Title for vols.. 2 and 3: Secondo [-terzo] volume delle nauigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da m. Gio. Battista Ramusio. In addition vol. 2 has "et... Show moreTitle for vols.. 2 and 3: Secondo [-terzo] volume delle nauigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da m. Gio. Battista Ramusio. In addition vol. 2 has "et hora in questa nuoua editione accresciuto." Title page vignettes; initials and printed marginalia. Vol. 2 dated MDLXXXIII; vol. 3 dated M D LXV. Leaves 22, 24, 104, 154 of vol. 1 misfoliated 15, 25, 105, 134. The 6 plates (double maps) are in vol. 1; the folding maps and plan in vol. 3 are each counted as 2 leaves in the foliation except for the last. Main Heritage Shelves General G159 .R36 1554 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10078289 BIB-ID: 1009464 Show less
Prester John, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G159 .R36 1554, 910.8
Title for vols.. 2 and 3: Secondo [-terzo] volume delle nauigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da m. Gio. Battista Ramusio. In addition vol. 2 has "et... Show moreTitle for vols.. 2 and 3: Secondo [-terzo] volume delle nauigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da m. Gio. Battista Ramusio. In addition vol. 2 has "et hora in questa nuoua editione accresciuto." Title page vignettes; initials and printed marginalia. Vol. 2 dated MDLXXXIII; vol. 3 dated M D LXV. Leaves 22, 24, 104, 154 of vol. 1 misfoliated 15, 25, 105, 134. The 6 plates (double maps) are in vol. 1; the folding maps and plan in vol. 3 are each counted as 2 leaves in the foliation except for the last. Main Heritage Shelves General G159 .R36 1554 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20302459 BIB-ID: 1009464 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Discovery and exploration, E141 .A54 1577
A translation, with some omissions, of decades 1-3 of "De orbe novo" by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera; with additions from numerous other sources... Show moreA translation, with some omissions, of decades 1-3 of "De orbe novo" by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera; with additions from numerous other sources edited by Eden and Willes. At foot of title: Cum priuilegio. With six final errata and contents leaves. Main Heritage Shelves General E141 .A54 1577 Book Item-ID: i10203758 BIB-ID: 1022011 Show less
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, G370 .M29 1900, 910 M272T
Bibliographical note.--The travels of Sir John Mandeville.--The voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini.--The journal of Friar William de Rubruquis.-... Show moreBibliographical note.--The travels of Sir John Mandeville.--The voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini.--The journal of Friar William de Rubruquis.--The journal of Friar Odoric. Edited by A.W. Pollard. Main Heritage Compact General G370 .M29 1900 Reference Item-ID: i10226394 BIB-ID: 1024275 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS109 .C66 1619
auctore Ioanne Cotovico. Includes two title pages, the first one with a engraved view of Jerusalem and the second with a lion and the catchphrase ... Show moreauctore Ioanne Cotovico. Includes two title pages, the first one with a engraved view of Jerusalem and the second with a lion and the catchphrase "Uis consili expers mole ruit sua" Numerous engraved illustrations maps and lans throughout. Includes Index. The "Synopsis Reipublicæ Venetȩ" is in tabular form on 5 folded plates intented to be inserted after p. [520] (cf. catchword, p. [519]. Based on Gaspare Contarini's De magistratibus & Republica Venetorum; cf. BL, C237. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .C66 1619 Book Item-ID: i21470601 BIB-ID: 1887566 Ex-Libris stamp on pastedown "Dampierre", belonging to the Bibliothèque des ducs de Luynes, Chateau Dâmpierre. Handwritten note on the first title page: "Johannes Eduardns" Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .B43 1718, 910.4
First French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan -... Show moreFirst French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan - Isfahan - Persepolis - Lar - Persian Gulf) to East India during 1701-1708. Of these well-travelled paths he was able to contribute many new observations, many of them scientific, and his travel description, hailed by Gabriel as one of the best of its time, well deserves critical analysis and acclaim. The especial value of the work lies in its numerous engavings of cities, places, ruins, animals, and plants. Le Brun considered the preparation of accurate drawings as a necessary duty of the traveller. Of the ruins of Persepolis he brought home the best illustrations available at the time, as well as the first legible cuneiform inscriptions" (cf. Henze). - T.p. and flyleaf with cut-out defects (restored); unattractively deleted stamp on reverse of first plate (slight paper defect; restored); further clipped defects to first leaf of text and last index leaf as well as the instructions to the bookbinder (slight loss to text; restored). Large tear to p. 367f. Upper spine-end professionally restored. The fine plates are in good, clear impressions throughout. Title in red and black. Title vignette. On p. 347 of v. 2 is a picture of a kangaroo, believed to be the first sketched from real life. Le Brun saw it in the garden of the Governor of Java. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .B43 1718 Book Item-ID: i16862673 BIB-ID: 1509760 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
Madog ab Owain Gwynedd , 1150-1180?, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration--Welsh, Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian, DS7 .H47 1638
Rare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat ... Show moreRare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat (India). On his way back he visited North America. Herbert begins his account of America (pp. 355-364) with its supposed discovery in 1170 by Madoc, son of Owen Gwyneth, Prince of Wales, and attempts to defend this claim with linguistic and cultural evidence. ''The quaint and curious notes on the travels make the volume one of the most interesting and attractive of the earlier and more primitive accounts'' (South African Bibliography). The illustrations include maps of Madagascar and the southeastern coast of Africa, the Persian empire, India, and Southeast Asia, views of the Persian Gulf, Tenerife, St. Helena, natives of Angola, the Cape, Persia and depictions of a coconut tree, a shark fish, a penguin and a dodo. - Thomas Herbert (1606-82) travelled with Dodmore Cotton, the new English ambassador to Persia (who died before Herbert's return). He first published his account in English in 1634, and it was translated into Dutch (by Lambert van den Bos) in 1658 and into French in 1663. Jonathan Swift attacked its "impertinences, conceitedness, and tedious digressions" and called the author a coxcomb (South African Bibliography). - Some marginal waterstains and soiling. A good copy of this account which is still important for its early eyewitness descriptions, especially of Persia, India and Africa. Headpieces; initials. Author attributes first dicovery of America to Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd, 300 years before Columbus. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1638 Book Item-ID: i2266774x BIB-ID: 1508228 Book plate of T. Scott. (Rev. Thomas). WlLaUW T.-p. signed William Phillips de Bradeley. WlLaUW Presented by Thomas Phillips 1842. WlLaUW Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, DS7 .O44 1727
par Adam Olearius, dans lesquels on trouve une description curieuse & la situation exacte des pays & etats, par-où il a passé, tels que sont la... Show morepar Adam Olearius, dans lesquels on trouve une description curieuse & la situation exacte des pays & etats, par-où il a passé, tels que sont la Livonie, la Moscovie, la Tartaire, la Medie & la Perse ; trad. de l'original [allemand] & augm. par le Sr. de Wicquefort, divisez en deux parties. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .O44 1727 Book vol. 1 and 2 bond together Item-ID: i2279458x BIB-ID: 1951320 Show less
Watson, Charles , 1714-1757, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Botany, Botany--India, Botany, Medical, Description and travel, History, Description and travel, DS47.5 .I94 1773
By Edward Ives. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47.5 .I94 1773 Book Item-ID: i10044978 BIB-ID: 1006300 Show moreBy Edward Ives. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47.5 .I94 1773 Book Item-ID: i10044978 BIB-ID: 1006300 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, G460 .L7 1906, 910.9 L776, 1632
by William Lithgow. "Reprint of the 'editio princeps' of 1632," with reproduction of original t.p. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .L7 1906 Book Item... Show moreby William Lithgow. "Reprint of the 'editio princeps' of 1632," with reproduction of original t.p. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .L7 1906 Book Item-ID: i10229917 BIB-ID: 1024627 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
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
Watson, Charles , 1714-1757, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Botany, Botany--India, Botany, Medical, Description and travel, History, Description and travel, DS47.5 .I94 1773
By Edward Ives. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47.5 .I94 1773 Book Item-ID: i15531703 BIB-ID: 1006300 Show moreBy Edward Ives. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47.5 .I94 1773 Book Item-ID: i15531703 BIB-ID: 1006300 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G460 .L58 1632, 910 L71t, 1632a
by William Lithgouu. Rev. ed. of: A most delectable and true discourse of an admired and painefull peregrination from Scotland to the most famous... Show moreby William Lithgouu. Rev. ed. of: A most delectable and true discourse of an admired and painefull peregrination from Scotland to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia and Affricke. Signatures: A-3V⁴. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .L58 1632 Book Item-ID: i10225973 BIB-ID: 1024233 LC copy has armorial bookplate of George Arnold. DLC Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G460 .H47 1634
by T.H. Esquier. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .H47 1634 Book Item-ID: i24531200 BIB-ID: 2623727 Show moreby T.H. Esquier. Main Heritage Shelves General G460 .H47 1634 Book Item-ID: i24531200 BIB-ID: 2623727 Show less