The Travels of Bertrandon de la Brocquière, Counsellor & First Esquire-Carver to Philippe Le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, To Palestine, and His Return from Jerusalem Overland to France, During the Years 1432 & 1433
Hafod: At the Hafod Press, by James Henderson, 1807. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [8], 336pp. Uncut. Bound in modern black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Folding map frontispiece of "Tartary (Asia)" travels. Publisher's device on title page. Printer's vignette at bottom of last page. Vol. V of the Mem. de l'Institut. Dedicated to Thomas Johnes' sister Elizabeth, wife of John Hanbury Williams, Esq., with engraving of sarcophagus and poetic eulogy
Remarkable work in which we learn that La Brocquiere's pilgrimage to Jerusalem enabled him to write this account 'of the relations between the Turks, Greeks and Latins at the time, twenty years before the fall of Constantinople, narrating his adventures as he traveled overland from Jerusalem to Paris. In a "Preliminary Discourse" Johnes discusses other French travels, in manuscript, from the 5th to the 15th centuries'. (Navari, Blackmer Catalogue. Blackmer, 933; Ransom, 6; Toiler, pp. 46-47; Weber 11, 108).
Moderate wear along edges, two library stamps on inside front cover. Frontispiece map with foxing in margins, very light in map. Light foxing of title page along edges and previous owner's name inked to top edge. Verso of title page with small library stamp. Small library stamp on last page, beneath printer's vignette. Very good condition. Item #54626
Price: $750.00