NOE, Fr. BIANCHI, attributed to]. Viaggio da Venetia al Sancto Sepulchro & al Monte Synai. . Venice: Nicolo Zoppino and Vincenzo di Paolo, 19 March 1521. 8° (150 x 100mm). Collation: A-Q 8 , title in red and black with woodcut of Jerusalem, 76 half-page, 70 small, and 6 double-page woodcut illustrations, mostly views of towns. Early 19th-century citron morocco gilt. Provenance : Sidney Graves Hamilton (bookplate). VERY RARE. Possibly the sixth edition of one of the oldest and most popular Italian travel books, a pilgrim's guide for the journey to Palestine. First published in 1500, the second edition was 1518, followed by numerous editions up to the middle of the 18th century. The double-page woodcuts include Venice, Corfu, Modone, Candia, Rhodes and Cairo. Other woodcuts illustrate Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Beirut, Tunis, Damascus, etc., as well as churches and exotic animals. The book was first attributed to Friar Noe Biancho in 1566, when he published a similar travel guide. Sander 5003; Essling 1986; Brunet V,1167; Cf. Blackmer 1206 (for a 1734 edition)
NOE, Fr. BIANCHI, attributed to]. Viaggio da Venetia al Sancto Sepulchro & al Monte Synai. . Venice: Nicolo Zoppino and Vincenzo di Paolo, 19 March 1521. 8° (150 x 100mm). Collation: A-Q 8 , title in red and black with woodcut of Jerusalem, 76 half-page, 70 small, and 6 double-page woodcut illustrations, mostly views of towns. Early 19th-century citron morocco gilt. Provenance : Sidney Graves Hamilton (bookplate). VERY RARE. Possibly the sixth edition of one of the oldest and most popular Italian travel books, a pilgrim's guide for the journey to Palestine. First published in 1500, the second edition was 1518, followed by numerous editions up to the middle of the 18th century. The double-page woodcuts include Venice, Corfu, Modone, Candia, Rhodes and Cairo. Other woodcuts illustrate Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Beirut, Tunis, Damascus, etc., as well as churches and exotic animals. The book was first attributed to Friar Noe Biancho in 1566, when he published a similar travel guide. Sander 5003; Essling 1986; Brunet V,1167; Cf. Blackmer 1206 (for a 1734 edition)
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