Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Pilgrimage to Palestine - Switzerland, 1606
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Reyss und Bilgerfahrt zum Heyligen Grab [Pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre]. Rorschach, Switzerland: Bartholome Schnell, 1606. German.
Description of the journey of Ludwig Tschudi and several other pilgrims from Switzerland to Palestine. Fine copy, with gilt page edges. Bound in vellum binding (19th century) with gilt decorations to margins and spine. Part of the text on the title page is printed in red ink. Ownership inscription on title page.
[12], 360 pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Open tears, repaired with paper pasting, to upper corners of some of the first leaves. Stains. Slight defects to binding.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.
Description of the journey of Ludwig Tschudi and several other pilgrims from Switzerland to Palestine. Fine copy, with gilt page edges. Bound in vellum binding (19th century) with gilt decorations to margins and spine. Part of the text on the title page is printed in red ink. Ownership inscription on title page.
[12], 360 pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Open tears, repaired with paper pasting, to upper corners of some of the first leaves. Stains. Slight defects to binding.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection