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Die Reise ins Helige Land

Die Reise ins Helige Land

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Die Reise ins Helige Land: Ein Reisebericht aus dem Jahre 1483

by von Breydenbach, Bernhard

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51 pages, 15 woodcuts, 2 fold-out maps (Venice, 9 pages, 65" long; Jerusalem, 6 1/2 pages, 50" long) and 6 pages of text in facsimile. Dust jacket reproduction of Reuwich's woodcut map of Civitas Iherusalem.

First edition of Guido Pressler's 1961 facsimile of Bernhard von Breydenbach's (1440–1497) famous 1486 account in German of his pilgrimage from Venice to the Holy Land and Egypt form April of 1483 to January 1484, appearing first as Peregrinatio in terram sanctam.

Von Breydenbach was accompanied by Dutch artist Erhard Reuwich, and Reuwich's woodcut fold-out maps (the first in the West and the first accurate topographical representation of Jerusalem), drawings and reproductions of Arabic letters represented a major development in the art of printing and in disseminating geographical information. This book is "one of the seminal books pf early printing." (Jeffrey Smith, UT Austin)

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Bookseller
Setton Book Collection US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
197
Title
Die Reise ins Helige Land
Author
von Breydenbach, Bernhard
Illustrator
Erhard Reuwich
Format/Binding
Reddish-brown cloth, one-quarter binding with white spine, author, title gilt-stamped, woodcut of ship on front board.
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Guido Pressler
Place of Publication
Wiesbaden
Date Published
1961
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Pilgrimage, 15th century, woodcuts, Levant, Holy Land, travel literature, Islam, Venice, Jerusalem, Egypt, Late Middle Ages
Bookseller catalogs
Medieval History;
Size
8 3/8" x 12"

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