Il Devotissimo viaggio di Gierusalemme [The Faithful Voyage to Jerusalem] by Giovanni Zvallardo [Jean Zuallart]. Rome: Domenico Basa, 1595. Italian and some Latin. Six parts in one volume. Second edition.
A description of Jean Zuallart's journey to Palestine, with a detailed description of Jerusalem and the holy sites. 45 well-executed in-text engravings, including maps, landscapes, and sites in Jerusalem and other cities. Among them are engravings depicting the walls of Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mount of Olives, Rachel's Tomb, and Jaffa. The book also includes two engraved plates (folded) – a plan of the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and a plan of the interior of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
351, [14] pp + [2] plates, 17 cm. Good condition. Stains and some creases. Some worming. Ownership inscription on one of the front endpapers. Ink markings on a number of pages and a handwritten note in the margin of one of the pages. Fine vellum binding, with gilt decorations on the spine. Minor blemishes to binding.