Joannes Cotovicus (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Small Quarto, [250mm x 170mm] [32] 518pp.[18]pp. complete 57 engraved illustrations, city views and maps (including 5 full-page: Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, Morea, Corfu), 5 folding tables,[creased] wood cut initials.[early ownership inscription to title] [ some soiling/wear, but overall a good copy]. Lacking page 273/4, Contemporary limp vellum [worn] [Blackmer 416; Cobham-Jeffery, p.13; Rohricht 839].Johannes Cotovicus or Jan van Cootwijk was a 17th-century travel writer who wrote an account of a journey to Jerusalem and Syria. Cootwijk was a native of Utrecht and a Doctor of Laws. He travelled through much of western Europe before embarking on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem which he described in Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum (Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1619). '"Cotovicus travelled to the Levant, Syria and the Holy Land in 1598, via Corfu, Zante, Crete, Rhodes and Cyprus [map of each in the text] the work contains lengthy descriptions of Crete and Cyprus" (Blackmer).

Contemporary limp pigskin binding. Binding worn at edges, another work removed at the beginning, leaving spine with too much room and missing front flyleaves. Else contents a bit browned, but a (very) good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1619 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 587 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 587.