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- Creator:
- Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440-1497
- Published / Created:
- anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
- Call Number:
- Zi +156 2
- Image Count:
- 11
- Abstract:
- An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route
- Alternative Title:
- Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam and Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
- Description:
- BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Imperfect: wanting plates with view of Venice, view of Modon, middle [?] portion of view of the Holy Land, and final blank leaf. Some leaves and plates appear to have been supplied from another copy. Some plates mutilated. Complete view of Holy Land supplied in negative photostat., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Bound in quarter old stamped leather over wooden boards, with clasps; lined with four leaves from a vellum 14th c. manuscript on canon law; the clasp hooks are missing., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Imperfect: Final blank leaf wanting., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Inscription: Pro Conventu Olomucensi ad S. Bernardinum. Illegible stamp., The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account., Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich., Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication., Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r)., Capital spaces without guide letters., Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075., 1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156, and BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; clasps missing. Rubricated; with uncolored woodcuts. Inscribed: Monastery Baumburg.
- Publisher:
- P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori
- Subject (Geographic):
- Palestine, Sinai (Egypt), Venice (Italy), and Jerusalem
- Subject (Name):
- Breydenbach, Bernhard von, -1497
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Travel, and Travelers' writings, German
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...
3.
- Creator:
- Davidson, Laura, book artist
- Call Number:
- Zm D283
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- "Limited edition book, 18 copies. I've finished the first copies of my new edition 'Wanderlust,' a tribute to my Father. I made prints from drawings he made when he was a soldier in the 50's (the map of Europe and the Panama Canal). The other pages are drawn using silverpoint, ink and gold leaf. I made a paper copy of a farthing, a coin in his collection that I have alwasy loved. It sits in the box made by Erin Fletcher of Herringbone Bindery. The prints were done by Rob Charlton at Goosefish Press"--Artist's website, viewed 31 March 2017., "Panama Canal and map of Europe by George Davidson, circa 1950"--Colophon., Artist's book., Artist's father was age 86 at time of book creation. See page 5., Number 2 of 18, signed by the artist. In custom box, as issued. Accompanied by paper farthing, as issued., and Pages are individual discs of card stock in the shape of a compass, joined together with ribbon in an accordion-fold format.
- Subject (Name):
- Davidson, George, 1929 or 1930-, Davidson, George, 1929 or 1930- illustrator, and Davidson, Laura--Autograph
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists' books--United States, Miniature books--Specimens, and Travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wanderlust.
