Il Devotissimo viaggio di Gerusalemme [the Faithful Voyage to Jerusalem], by Jean Zuallart. Rome: F. Zanetti e Gia. Ruffinelli, 1587. Italian.

Account of the Flemish traveler Jean Zuallart's pilgrimage to Palestine, describing in detail Jerusalem and the holy places.
Zuallart's pilgrimage starte in Venice, and passed through Crete, Cyprus, Jaffa, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and took some 6 months to complete, during which he created numerous illustrations and sketches of the places and sites he visited. These were printed in the present book, and used in many later works which followed. The book was translated to German and French, and for many years was used as a guide book of sorts, for pilgrims in the Holy Land.
This first edition was printed in Italy, a year after the journey. It contains over 50 fine engravings, including maps, views and sites in Jerusalem and other towns, depictions of the walls of Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mount of Olives, Rachel's Tomb, Jaffa and more, as well as a frontispiece and the author's portrait.

[10] leaves, 402 pages. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some minor marginal worming. Marginal tears and open tears to few pages, mostly restored. Inscriptions (old). Vellum binding, blemished and worn.

Exhibition:
• Voir Jérusalem. Pèlerins, conquérants, voyageurs, Mairie du 5eme arrondissement, edited by Béatrice Philippe Paris, 1997.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, NHB.370.