Goujon J., "Histoire et Voyage de la Terre Sainte ou Tout ce que il y a de plus remarquable dans les Saints Lieux exactement decrit. Ouvrage enrichi de plusieurs figures en taille douce", Lyon, 1671. Second edition. 4to, (22x17cm), pp.[12],358,[10],15. Title with woodcut mark, double page copper engraved plates, contemporary full leather rubbed, spine defective at joint, upper cover detached, endpapers renewed, edges of pages frayed, paper weak, scattered browning. Jacques Goujon (16211693) was a French trader of furs, before becoming a Franciscan priest. He undertook two journeys in the Levant, in 1636 and 16668, spending two years in Holy Land and Egypt. The description of the Holy Land is detailed and accompanied by his own drawings of the important pilgrimage places, inserted as engraved plates in the book. He travelled in 1668 in Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria, Sina and Red sea). His description of fishing in the Red sea is unique. Scarce. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.
Goujon J., "Histoire et Voyage de la Terre Sainte ou Tout ce que il y a de plus remarquable dans les Saints Lieux exactement decrit. Ouvrage enrichi de plusieurs figures en taille douce", Lyon, 1671. Second edition. 4to, (22x17cm), pp.[12],358,[10],15. Title with woodcut mark, double page copper engraved plates, contemporary full leather rubbed, spine defective at joint, upper cover detached, endpapers renewed, edges of pages frayed, paper weak, scattered browning. Jacques Goujon (16211693) was a French trader of furs, before becoming a Franciscan priest. He undertook two journeys in the Levant, in 1636 and 16668, spending two years in Holy Land and Egypt. The description of the Holy Land is detailed and accompanied by his own drawings of the important pilgrimage places, inserted as engraved plates in the book. He travelled in 1668 in Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria, Sina and Red sea). His description of fishing in the Red sea is unique. Scarce. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.
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