BREYDENBACH Bernard von, “Corfun”, from “Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam”, 1486-1522. Wood engraving 41.2 x 25.3cm, on watermarked paper 43.9 x 29.3cm with text in Latin on verso. Probably the earliest wood engraving representing the city-port of Corfu. Breydenbachs work is the first illustrated travel book ever printed and the earliest printed work to include accurate topographical depictions. The nobleman Bernard von Breydenbach (1454-1497) made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1483, in the company of Count Jean de Solms (who died from dysentery in Alexandria), the knight Philippe de Bickem, the Dominican friar Felix Fabri and the painter Erhard Reuwich from Utrecht. During their journey, they stopped over various ports, including the port of Corfu with Reuwich preparing the even panoramic views of Venice, Parenzo, Corfu, Methoni, Herakleion, Rhodes and Jerusalem. The work first published in 1486, met immediate success and printed in 12 editions between 1486 and 1522. The current map is not from the 1498, 1490 & 1502 editions (collated with the copies of University Complutense of Madrid, Library of Congress & Stanford Library) Professionally restored, Japanese paper placed on verso.