Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch [Biblical Names and Chronicle] / Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands [Travel Book of the Holy Land] – two books bound together. Frankfurt am Mein, 1570s-1580s. German. First editions.
1. Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch, by Johann Heyden. Frankfurt am Mein: [Johannis Feyrabendt], 1579. German.
Onomasticon by German theologian and philologist Johann Heyden (1530-1583), listing Biblical names, places, nations, and characters. Ends with a biblical chronicle and calendar.
[129] leaves. Missing colophon leaf at the end.
2. [Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands by Sigmund Feyerabend. Frankfurt am Mein: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1584]. German.
A collection of eighteen works: sixteen reports of travels to Palestine and its surroundings, an account of the first crusade and a guide for pilgrims. The works were written by pilgrims, churchmen, nobles and merchants, dating from 12th century to the days of Feyerabend, one of the most prominent Protestant publishers of his time. Some of the works were reprinted while others were first published in this book. In his introduction, Feyerabend urges his readers to liberate the Christians of the Holy Land from the rule of the Turks.
The book opens with two woodcuts (by Jost Amman?), depicting a coat of arms and a maritime battle.
[5], 466, [4] leaves. Missing two leaves: title page and an indices and colophon leaf at the end of the book. Contents leaf trimmed and laid down facing first page. Approx. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains and ink stains). Some creases and small tears to margins. Open tears to several leaves (some with paper replacements). Several early notations. Leather-covered card boards, with minor blemishes.