Beschreibung:

VALLE, PIETRO DELLA De Voortreffelyke Reizen Van De deurluchtige Reiziger Pietro Della Valle Edelman van Romen, in veel voorname gewesten des Werrelts, sedert het jaar 1615, gedaan: Namelijk, In Turkijen, Egipten, Palestina, Persien, Ostindien... Amsterdam: Widow of J.H. Boom etc., 1664-1665. First Dutch edition. Six parts in one volume, full contemporary vellum, laced spine, lapped edge, edges sprinkled. 8 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches (20.5 x 16 cm); [4], 188 pp.; [4]-188 pp.; [4], 195, [1] pp.; [4], 187, [1] pp.; [4], 186, [2] pp.; [4], 185, [11] pp., with 25 fine engraved plates. The binding quite soiled, minor toning but generally a fresh copy internally, one leaf with a minor ink stain. With the Explorer's Club bookplate, and their discrete blindstamp on the title, several text leaves and on one plate. This is the account of voyages into Greece, the Near East, the Levant and the Mediterranean, the "Viaggi" of the Italian traveller Pietro Della Valle (1586-1652). The Dutch translation is by Jan Hendrik Glazemaker. The fine plates are by Mario Schipiano. Some editions (but apparently not the 1664) have a red and black general title; this has a black general title; there is no part title to the first section. Atabey 1270. C The Explorers Club Collection