![CORYATE, Thomas (ca 1577-1617). Coryates Crudities Hastily gobled vp in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy...Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of Germany and the Netherlands..dispersed to the nourishment of the Travelling Members of this Kingdom. London: W[illiam] S[tansby, for the author], 1611.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/NYR/2011_NYR_02456_0117_000(coryate_thomas_coryates_crudities_hastily_gobled_vp_in_five_moneths_tr075257).jpg?w=1)
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CORYATE, Thomas (ca 1577-1617). Coryates Crudities Hastily gobled vp in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy...Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of Germany and the Netherlands..dispersed to the nourishment of the Travelling Members of this Kingdom. London: W[illiam] S[tansby, for the author], 1611.
4o (210 x 155 mm). Elaborate engraved allegorical title by William Hole, 4 engraved plates (2 folding), 2 engraved text illustrations, many woodcut initials, and head-pieces (a few small repairs, rust holes or paper flaws). 19th-century gilt-panelled rose morocco, spine richly gilt in six compartments, gilt-lettered in two, edges gilt, by Bedford (spine slightly sunned). Provenance: Charles Tennant (armorial bookplate); Abel Berland (bookplate; his sale Christie's New York, 9 October 2001, lot 196).
FIRST EDITION of this eccentric travel narrative, one of the earliest travelogues in English, published at the author's expense. Coryate spent five months wandering through western Europe, largely on foot and horseback, visiting 45 cities and covering, by his reckoning, 1975 miles. His naive narrative is notable for its extravagant style: "there has probably never been another such combination of learning and unconscious buffoonery" (Pforzheimer). Cox, I, p.98; Grolier Langland to Wither 49; Keynes Donne 70; Pforzheimer 218; Pirie, John Donne 74; STC 5808.
4o (210 x 155 mm). Elaborate engraved allegorical title by William Hole, 4 engraved plates (2 folding), 2 engraved text illustrations, many woodcut initials, and head-pieces (a few small repairs, rust holes or paper flaws). 19th-century gilt-panelled rose morocco, spine richly gilt in six compartments, gilt-lettered in two, edges gilt, by Bedford (spine slightly sunned). Provenance: Charles Tennant (armorial bookplate); Abel Berland (bookplate; his sale Christie's New York, 9 October 2001, lot 196).
FIRST EDITION of this eccentric travel narrative, one of the earliest travelogues in English, published at the author's expense. Coryate spent five months wandering through western Europe, largely on foot and horseback, visiting 45 cities and covering, by his reckoning, 1975 miles. His naive narrative is notable for its extravagant style: "there has probably never been another such combination of learning and unconscious buffoonery" (Pforzheimer). Cox, I, p.98; Grolier Langland to Wither 49; Keynes Donne 70; Pforzheimer 218; Pirie, John Donne 74; STC 5808.