Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Il Devotissimo viaggio di Gierusalemme, by Jean Zuallart – Rome, 1595 – Engravings

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Il Devotissimo viaggio di Gierusalemme [Devout Voyage to Jerusalem], by Giovanni Zvallardo [Jean Zuallart]. Rome: Domenico Basa, 1595. Italian and some Latin. Second edition. Account of Jean Zuallart's pilgrimage to Palestine in 1586, describing in detail Jerusalem and the holy places. 45 fine engravings, including maps, views and sites in Jerusalem and other towns, depicting the walls of Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Mount of Olives, Rachel's Tomb, Jaffa and more. Two folding engraved plates: plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and plan of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem. 351 pp., [7] ff., 17 cm. Good condition. Gilt edges. Stains to several pages and folding plates. Minor tears to several pages and folding plates (plates reinforced with paper to verso, partially detached; restored tears to title page and last page). Bottom edge of p. 99 trimmed (not affecting text). Professionally cleaned and restored. New binding.
Bibles, Travelogues, Maps and Prints
Bibles, Travelogues, Maps and Prints