Product Description
| Authors + Works | Bernhard von Breydenbach, Heyligen reyssen gen Jherusalem | (4), |
| Exact title | Heyligen reyssen gen Jherusalem | |
| Editors, Translators, Commentators |
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| Printer | Erhard Reuwich | |
| Place | Mainz | |
| Year | 1486 | |
| Size | 0 x 0 mm | |
| Leaves, Volumes | 159 (of 164) lvs plus 4 fold-out sheets (lacking free endpapers), rubricated throughout. 1 text page (with the Greek alphabet) and the Venice frag. supplied from the 1st Latin ed. (1486), Modon woodcut supplied from the Lyon ed. (1488), the frontispiece partially colored (see photo). |
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| Woodcuts-engravings | Woodcut frontispiece (allegorical figure of Mainz), Parenz (double page), Corfu (double page), Modon (fold. four pages), Candia (fold. four pages), Venice (1 page frag.), 9 textual woodcuts with genre scenes, 6 woodcuts of N. Eastern alphabets, missing Rhodis woodcut, the rest of Venice and Jherusalem (with the animal woodcut on the back side). | |
| Binding | 15-16th cent. leather (spine missing) | |
| Provenace(s) | – | |
| Language(s) | German | |
| Edition | 1st German ed. of the first illustrated travel book | |
| Other Editions | 1486 (lat), 1488 (), 1488 (), 1490 (), | |
| Additional Contents(1) | ||
| Condition | ||
| Greek Bibliographies | ||
| General Bibliographies | ||
| Rarity(2) | Of great rarity, no complete copy appeared in major auctions for 20 years | 20 |
| Est. Price (€)(3) | For sale | 2500 |
(1): For analytic description of the contents click the tab ‘Details’.
(2): Average years between appearances in auctions (of complete specimens).
(3): Price estimates refer to the particular copy, are based on latest information and are updated regularly.
(4): This column contains alternative spelling of the appearing names.
General Remarks
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam (title in latin) is the first printed illustrated travel book. It accurately describes and depicts the travel of Bernhard von Breydenbach and his company (3 ships in total) to the Levant and the Holy Land in the years 1483-1484. The book had a huge impact in his time and appeared in 10? incunabula editions.
Greek Connection
It describes the travel through Greece, picturing real views of Modon (Methoni), Candia (Creta) and Rhodis (Rhodes). Two textual woodcuts show Greek people in traditional dress and the Greek alphabet.
Berhard von Breydenbach
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