Dovedan P.: “Voyage de la Terre Sainte.” Paris 1661 Second edition, in 4o 23x17cm, contemporary full leather rubbed, spine richly gilted, upper joint opened, title page almost detached, inside mostly clean and fine,[8] 664p.[12] and 8 copper engraved plates(frayed and one teared), some folded. A good plus copy of a scarce travel account. Pere Dovedan travelled to Palestine, in the middle of 17th century through Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. His itinerary to Jerusalem includes a very detailed description of the Holy Land, as well as his narrative through the Greek islands. Dovedan was one of the many Catholic priests who visited that time the Holy Land but he provides extensive notes on the Christians of the Levant, their costumes and way of life. He had returned via Cyprus and Italy and had kept detailed calendar notes, in all his travels, his description of the eastern Mediterranean of the middle 17th century is very valuable. Not in Atabey or Blackmer