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
Covers Libya, Egypt, Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and... Show moreCovers Libya, Egypt, Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and portions of Ethiopia and Russia. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Colored in outline. Inset: Neu Inventiert. Genealogischer Stamm-Baum Der Griechisch. Kaÿser Welche Theils Zu Constantinopel Theils Zu Trapezunt Residiret : desgleichen ein StammBaum Der Türckischen Kaÿser Bis Auf Den Heüt Zu Tag Regierenden Sultan / ins Kupfer gebracht u. verlegt von Matth. Seütter. Includes ill. This is the representation of family tree chart of the Greek and Turkish monarches. Showing also pictures of the two last kings. Inset is the Turkish Empire territory in Africa, Europe and Asia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00365 Print Map Item-ID: i23823896 BIB-ID: 1172594 In German and Latin. Show less
Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS206 .A78 1740
aufgesetzet von dem herrn De La Roque. First German edition, first published from the author's posthumous papers in Paris in 1717. D'Arvieux (1635... Show moreaufgesetzet von dem herrn De La Roque. First German edition, first published from the author's posthumous papers in Paris in 1717. D'Arvieux (1635-1702) lived in the Levant for a long time, spending six years at Aleppo as French consul, and collected these important observations on the Arabic Bedouins of the area. "His observations, which departed greatly from what had been formerly reported about the Bedouins, were received with doubt, but were confirmed by later travellers such as Niebuhr" (cf. Henze I, 101). The plates show costumes and the Bedouin camp on Mt. Carmel. - Some offsetting to text; insignificant browning; slight waterstain near end. Author and bibliographical note supplied in ink at upper edge of t. p. Bound with: Reise nach dem glucklichen Arabien. Translation of: Voyage fait par ordre du roy Louis XIV dans la Palestine. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .A78 1740 Book Item-ID: i16587881 BIB-ID: 1494561 Show less
von G.W. Freytag. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ6073.F8 F74 1861 Book Item-ID: i21978608 BIB-ID: 2352566 Show morevon G.W. Freytag. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ6073.F8 F74 1861 Book Item-ID: i21978608 BIB-ID: 2352566 Show less
Covers Libya, Egypt, Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and... Show moreCovers Libya, Egypt, Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and portions of Ethiopia and Russia. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Colored in outline. Inset: Neu Inventiert. Genealogischer Stamm-Baum Der Griechisch. Kaÿser Welche Theils Zu Constantinopel Theils Zu Trapezunt Residiret : desgleichen ein StammBaum Der Türckischen Kaÿser Bis Auf Den Heüt Zu Tag Regierenden Sultan / ins Kupfer gebracht u. verlegt von Matth. Seütter. Includes ill. This is the representation of family tree chart of the Greek and Turkish monarches. Showing also pictures of the two last kings. Inset is the Turkish Empire territory in Africa, Europe and Asia. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00943 Print Map Item-ID: i11402519 BIB-ID: 1172594 In German and Latin. Show less
Erstlich, von dem hochgelehrten Herrn. Coelio Augustino Curione ... in das Teutsch gebracht, durch Nicolaum Höniger von Tauber Königshofen. Date... Show moreErstlich, von dem hochgelehrten Herrn. Coelio Augustino Curione ... in das Teutsch gebracht, durch Nicolaum Höniger von Tauber Königshofen. Date from colophon. Signatures: 2a⁴ 2b⁶ A-E⁴ F² G-H⁴ I-K² L-Q⁴ R² S-X⁴ Y² Z-2C⁴ 2D² 2E-2G⁴. Title page in red and black. Main Heritage Shelves General DS38.2 .C87 1580 Book Item-ID: i10174023 BIB-ID: 1019038 Show less
Sampt einem völligen Register, und Schlüssel ... Durch A.P.F.B. Main Heritage Shelves General QH181 .P74 1656 Book Item-ID: i22866802 BIB-ID: 2428903 Show moreSampt einem völligen Register, und Schlüssel ... Durch A.P.F.B. Main Heritage Shelves General QH181 .P74 1656 Book Item-ID: i22866802 BIB-ID: 2428903 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00558 Print Map Item-ID: i24470946 BIB-ID: 2558657 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00558 Print Map Item-ID: i24470946 BIB-ID: 2558657 Show less
