Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam
Author: Breydenbach, Bernhard von, -1497
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Contributor(s): Drach, Peter, -1504 [printer]
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Reuwich, Erhard, active 1483-1486 [illustrator]
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Wickham, J. D. C. (James Douglas Clephane) [former owner]
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Production / publication: Speyer : Peter Drach, 1502 Description: [approximately 190] pages, 2 double leaves of plates, 4 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm (folio).General note: lllustrated with woodcuts based on drawings by Erhard Reuwich. Printed in Gothic type; with one initial, initial spaces and signature marks; without foliation.
Probably the first book with folded plates, the largest of which is a panorama of Venice
; St John Museum copy has 18 leaves of contemporary manuscript entitled "Mahomet II Epistole magni turci" written by a German scribe and bound at the end. Five of the six full-page woodcuts are hand coloured in bright red, crimson red/maroon, yellow, grey-brown and brown. These woodcuts include fold-out panoramas of Venice, Methoni, Crete and Rhodes.Language note: In Latin.Ownership note: Bookplates for J. Douglas Clephane Wickham & St John on left pastedown.Other title: Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam.Subject(s): Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine



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In Latin.