Burgo Giovanni Battista, "Viaggio de cinque anni in Asia, Africa et Europa del Turco", Milano-Agneli, (1686). First and only edition of one of the rarest travel account for Greece and the Levant. Small 8vo (14,5x8cm), pp.548. Volume 1 (of 2). Containing the full travel account for the Levant. The 2nd volume appeared later, in 1689, containing the history of the Turks and a travel in Hungary. Contemporary full leather, seriously rubbed and frayed in spine, but firmly hold. Some edges of pages frayed, few pages with tears, one with a hole, dampstaing mostly in the last 50 pages. Some irregular pagination as issued. A good copy. According S. Bono (1982), Burgo was an educated Lombard, appointed as the Papal representative in Ireland. In 1679 he started his travel to the Levant and he visited the Holy Land, Egypt and Syria and he reached Greece the next year. The author spent months in several Greek Archipelago islands, (mostly Euboea, Andros, Tinos, Chios, Lesvos) providing valuable descriptions in more than 50 pages. He continued visiting Smyrna and Constantinople conducting a high detailed account of Constantinople, the nations of the Ottoman Empire, their habits, the religions, social segmentation, economic activities etc of the Ottoman Empire. He finally visited Anatolia and his lengthy account is of the earlier. Burgo travel account was very rare and praised, even at the early 19th century (Brunet). Not in Atabey, Blackmer or any other known collection. Very rare.