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Lot 86

Guide for Pilgrims to the Holy Land - Italy, 18th Century

Viaggio da Venezia al S. Sepolcro, et al monte Sinai [Journey from Venice to the Church of the Sepulcher and Mount Sinai], by Noe Bianco. Lucca (Italy): Domenico Marescandol, [ca. 1700?]. Italian.
Guide for pilgrims to the Holy Land with instructions and advices for the pilgrims; description of the Christian holy sites, table of distances between the various sites, and more. Accompanied by numerous woodcuts integrated into the text, among them woodcuts depicting Jerusalem, the Temple, Bethlehem, Jericho, Nazareth and more.
192 pp, 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Title page and front cover are detached. Ink inscription on front cover. Tears to title page. Loose gatherings, partly detached.