Travelogue from Palestine – George Sandys – London, 1632

A Relation of a Journey begun An Dom: 1610. Foure Books. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy, and Ilands adioyning, by George Sandys, London: printed for Ro Allot, 1623. Third edition. English. Description of George Sandys's travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Palestine (Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Judean Mountains and more), Italy and the islands surrounding it. With about 45 engravings portraying the central sites and the architecture of every country. The book opens with a double-page map (engraving) of the Mediterranean countries. Length: 27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Loose binding. Foxing, browning and very slight worming and tears to back pages. Tears and worming to title page. Tears to a number of leaves. Inscriptions on front endpapers.