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VALLE, Pietro della (1586-1652). Reisß-Beschreibung . . . in Türckey, Egypten, Palestina, Persien, Ost-Indien, und andere weit entlegene Landschafften. Geneva: Johann-Herman Widerhold, 1674.
4 volumes in 1, 2° (334 x 205mm). Explanation of engraved title, engraved allegorical title by J. J. Thourneyser after T. Blanchet, title to vol. I in red and black, with woodcut printer's device (repeated on titles to vol. II-IV), engraved plate incorporating Swiss cantonal arms, 2 engraved portraits, engraved allegorical plate, 26 engraved plates including one double-page all by Thourneyser. (Occasional light finger-soiling, plates numbered in lower margins in brown pencil.) Contemporary vellum, covers ruled in blind (lacking ties, splits to joints, slightly soiled). FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN.
4 volumes in 1, 2° (334 x 205mm). Explanation of engraved title, engraved allegorical title by J. J. Thourneyser after T. Blanchet, title to vol. I in red and black, with woodcut printer's device (repeated on titles to vol. II-IV), engraved plate incorporating Swiss cantonal arms, 2 engraved portraits, engraved allegorical plate, 26 engraved plates including one double-page all by Thourneyser. (Occasional light finger-soiling, plates numbered in lower margins in brown pencil.) Contemporary vellum, covers ruled in blind (lacking ties, splits to joints, slightly soiled). FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN.