Travel
VALLE, Pietro della.
Voyages [...] dans la Turquie, l'Egypte, la Palestine, la Perse, les Indes Orientales, et autres lieux
Huart, Paris, 1745. 8 volumes, 12mo., 8 engraved plates, some spotting and browning (mainly marginal), tear to R2 vol. viii, contemporary French calf, flat spines gilt, contrasting morocco labels, edges red, neat repairs to extremities, a handsome set.
One of the most popular and influential travel books of the seventeenth century. Della Valle left Venice in 1614 on a pilgrimage to Palestine, travelling to Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Persia and finally India before returning to Rome in 1626. Ghani p100; cf. Wilson p234; cf. Atabey 1271; cf. Diba p232.
Price: £ 2500
US Dollar Price: $ 4960
Stock Number: 63842