Lot 06191

“Itenerarium Hierrosolymitanum et Syriacum”, Antwerp, 1619. First and only edition.  4to, (24x17cm), pp. [32],518p.,[18]. Complete with engraved title, 5 printed folding plates (letters), 3 engraved plates and 53 engraved illustrations (including several maps and beautiful views) inside text, some full page. Contemporary vellum soiled. The folding letter plates, at the end, with tears along folds and one restored at a fold. Internally some pages lightly browned but overall a very good copy with splendid plates. Cotovicus (Cootwijk) arrived in the Levant in 1598 via Corfu, Zante, Rhodes, Crete and Cyprus. Crete and Cyprus of the late 16^th century are described in details. After the Greek islands he visited Palestine and Syria. Blackmer 416, Not in Atabey. Rare.