SANDYS, George

Sandys Voyage or a Description of the Icelandic country of theooden and various sects of the Christians there from Jerusalem, the Grave Christi, the Temple of Solomon as well as the notorious antiquities of Turkey, Greece, Egypt and other foreign countries Amsterdam Baltes Boeckholt 1665 Translated from the English by Glazemaker and much reprinted, 3rd edition. The first edition in Dutch was printed in Amsterdam in 1653. see: Tiele 959. George Sandys 1577-1643. Dutch translation of A Relation of a Journey by George Sandys (1578-1644), one of the most famous travel books of the seventeenth century. Sandys traveled to the Levant in 1610 and spent a year in Turkey, Palestine and Egypt before returning to England to become a bishop. Ref. Howgego K26: "Large numbers of English merchants and ambassadors were present in the Middle East from the 1580s and often wrote accounts of their travels." 4to, 264 pp. Engraved title and 29 fine copper plates (a.o. a view of Jerusalem). Contemporary vellum binding, title in ink on spine