CORYATE, THOMAS. Coryats Crudities. Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia comonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany, and the Netherlands. London: printed by W[illiam] S[tansby for the author] 1611. 4to, 207 x 149 mm. (8 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.), brown crushed levant morocco, covers panelled in blind with fleur-de-lys tool at corners of inner panel, spine in six blind-panelled compartments, the second and third gilt-lettered, g.e., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, unobtrusive small dent to upper cover, pull-off morocco case by Riviere-Mounteney (scuffed); engraved title originally folded and with 2 short repaired tears and fore-margin restored, inner edge of image obscured in gutter, Amphitheater of Verona plate torn along fold and laid down on thick paper, engraved title and Strasbourg clock plate cropped at head and tail, the latter with neat small repair at gutter, the other plates just shaved at top, single small perforations to c3 affecting border rule and to Z5 and Z6 catching a few letters, rust holes to Ff6 affecting 4 words and to Nn5 catching 4 letters, light dampstaining to 5 or 6 leaves, stain to Bbb7-8 obscuring a few letters, occasional slight mostly marginal soiling. FIRST EDITION, additional engraved pictorial title by William Hole, four engraved plates (2 folding), 2 engravings in text, full-page woodcut of badge of Prince of Wales, woodcut head-pieces, initials and ornaments, letterpress title and text within rule borders, errata leaf at end; quire 2b4 bound before the Prince of Wales woodcut in this copy. For this account of his travels on foot throughout Europe, Coryate sollicited "panegyric verses" from more than 60 authors, including Ben Jonson (who also wrote the "explication of the Emblemes of the frontispiece"), George Chapman, John Donne, Michael Drayton and Thomas Campion. "There probably has never been another such combination of learning and unconscious buffoonery as is here set forth... but at this remove his chronicle by its very earnestness provides an account of the chief cities of early seventeenth century Europe which is at least as valuable as it is amusing"--Pforzheimer 218; Grolier Langland to Wither 49; STC 5808.Provenance: A few early ink corrections and underlining of errata -- Harold Greenhill, bookplate.

CORYATE, THOMAS. Coryats Crudities. Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia comonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany, and the Netherlands. London: printed by W[illiam] S[tansby for the author] 1611. 4to, 207 x 149 mm. (8 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.), brown crushed levant morocco, covers panelled in blind with fleur-de-lys tool at corners of inner panel, spine in six blind-panelled compartments, the second and third gilt-lettered, g.e., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, unobtrusive small dent to upper cover, pull-off morocco case by Riviere-Mounteney (scuffed); engraved title originally folded and with 2 short repaired tears and fore-margin restored, inner edge of image obscured in gutter, Amphitheater of Verona plate torn along fold and laid down on thick paper, engraved title and Strasbourg clock plate cropped at head and tail, the latter with neat small repair at gutter, the other plates just shaved at top, single small perforations to c3 affecting border rule and to Z5 and Z6 catching a few letters, rust holes to Ff6 affecting 4 words and to Nn5 catching 4 letters, light dampstaining to 5 or 6 leaves, stain to Bbb7-8 obscuring a few letters, occasional slight mostly marginal soiling. FIRST EDITION, additional engraved pictorial title by William Hole, four engraved plates (2 folding), 2 engravings in text, full-page woodcut of badge of Prince of Wales, woodcut head-pieces, initials and ornaments, letterpress title and text within rule borders, errata leaf at end; quire 2b4 bound before the Prince of Wales woodcut in this copy. For this account of his travels on foot throughout Europe, Coryate sollicited "panegyric verses" from more than 60 authors, including Ben Jonson (who also wrote the "explication of the Emblemes of the frontispiece"), George Chapman, John Donne, Michael Drayton and Thomas Campion. "There probably has never been another such combination of learning and unconscious buffoonery as is here set forth... but at this remove his chronicle by its very earnestness provides an account of the chief cities of early seventeenth century Europe which is at least as valuable as it is amusing"--Pforzheimer 218; Grolier Langland to Wither 49; STC 5808. Provenance: A few early ink corrections and underlining of errata -- Harold Greenhill, bookplate.

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CORYATE, THOMAS. Coryats Crudities. Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia comonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany, and the Netherlands. London: printed by W[illiam] S[tansby for the author] 1611. 4to, 207 x 149 mm. (8 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.), brown crushed levant morocco, covers panelled in blind with fleur-de-lys tool at corners of inner panel, spine in six blind-panelled compartments, the second and third gilt-lettered, g.e., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, unobtrusive small dent to upper cover, pull-off morocco case by Riviere-Mounteney (scuffed); engraved title originally folded and with 2 short repaired tears and fore-margin restored, inner edge of image obscured in gutter, Amphitheater of Verona plate torn along fold and laid down on thick paper, engraved title and Strasbourg clock plate cropped at head and tail, the latter with neat small repair at gutter, the other plates just shaved at top, single small perforations to c3 affecting border rule and to Z5 and Z6 catching a few letters, rust holes to Ff6 affecting 4 words and to Nn5 catching 4 letters, light dampstaining to 5 or 6 leaves, stain to Bbb7-8 obscuring a few letters, occasional slight mostly marginal soiling. FIRST EDITION, additional engraved pictorial title by William Hole, four engraved plates (2 folding), 2 engravings in text, full-page woodcut of badge of Prince of Wales, woodcut head-pieces, initials and ornaments, letterpress title and text within rule borders, errata leaf at end; quire 2b4 bound before the Prince of Wales woodcut in this copy.

For this account of his travels on foot throughout Europe, Coryate sollicited "panegyric verses" from more than 60 authors, including Ben Jonson (who also wrote the "explication of the Emblemes of the frontispiece"), George Chapman, John Donne, Michael Drayton and Thomas Campion. "There probably has never been another such combination of learning and unconscious buffoonery as is here set forth... but at this remove his chronicle by its very earnestness provides an account of the chief cities of early seventeenth century Europe which is at least as valuable as it is amusing"--Pforzheimer 218; Grolier Langland to Wither 49; STC 5808.

Provenance: A few early ink corrections and underlining of errata -- Harold Greenhill, bookplate.