A 16th century pilgrimage to Jerusalem

ZUALLART, Jean.

Il Devotissimo Viaggio di Gierusalemme. Fatto, e descritto in sei Libri. Dal Signor Giovanni Zvallado, Cavaliere del Santiss. Sepolcro di N.S. l'Anno M.D.LXXXVI. Aggiontiui disegni in Rame di varÿ Luoghi di Terra S. & altri Paesi. Di nuovo ristampato, e corretto.
Rome: Domenico Basa, 1595. Second, corrected edition. 8vo, full vellum gilt, title in ink on spine; six books in one, pp. (16) + 17-351 + (14)(index); 46 engraved plates (1 folding, 28 full page, 17 half-page).

Binding worn at edges. pp. 160-177 misbound, 2 plates (Mount of Olives and Eastern Mediterranean) duplicated on purpose.

The account of a pilgrimage from Venice to Jerusalem by Jean Zuallart (1541-1634) with Philippe de Mérode, baron de Frentzen, setting off in June 1586 and returning in November. His account was first published the following year.
Zuallart's text advises how to proepare for such a journey, describes the places on his route, including Cyprus, and gives a detailed account of Jerusalem and the holt sites.
The plates, engraved by Natale Bonifacio, include plans of Venice (Moretti 36) and Jerusalem (Laor 1170), maps of Italy and Greece, Zante, Cyprus (Baynton-Williams/Scolari 37), the Eastern Mediterranean (used twice, to illustrate the voyage out and the return) and Tripoli.


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