768 - Asia—Valle, Pietro della. A Detailed Description of Various Parts of the World, Namely Turkey, Palestine, Persia, the East Indies, and Other Far-Flung Regions. 4 parts in 1 volume. With an engraved title page, 2 allegorical copperplate engravings, 2 engraved portraits, and 25 (of 26; 1 double-sheet size) copperplate engravings. Geneva, Widerhold, 1674. 8 (of 11) leaves, 218 pp., 6 leaves; 2 leaves, 236 pp., 6 leaves; 2 leaves, 244 pp., 6 leaves; 3 leaves, 1 leaf, 231 pp., 6 leaves; 35 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (somewhat stained, headband restored).

Asia—Valle, Pietro della. A Detailed Description of Various Parts of the World, Namely Turkey, Palestine, Persia, the East Indies, and Other Far-Flung Regions. 4 parts in 1 volume. With an engraved title page, 2 allegorical copperplate engravings, 2 engraved portraits, and 25 (of 26; 1 double-sheet size) copperplate engravings. Geneva, Widerhold, 1674. 8 (of 11) leaves, 218 pp., 6 leaves; 2 leaves, 236 pp., 6 leaves; 2 leaves, 244 pp., 6 leaves; 3 leaves, 1 leaf, 231 pp., 6 leaves; 35 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (somewhat stained, headband restored). First German edition. - VD 17 39:135561Q - Grieb-Luber 337 - Lipperheide Lb 21 - Tobler 95. - The 4 volumes cover: 1: the Near East; 2–3: Persia, 4: India and the return journey via Arabia, Cyprus, Malta, and Sicily to Rome. - “Account of the Journeys to the Orient by the Italian Nobleman de la Valle, known as il Pellegrino, which took him between 1614 and 1627 to Constantinople, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, Isfahan, Shiraz, and the Indian coasts (Goa, Calicut). Thanks to his precise observations of both the natural landscape and Islamic culture—made possible by his knowledge of Oriental languages—Della Valle’s travel letters to Mario Schipiano are considered an important contribution to contemporary knowledge of the Orient.” (G.-L.). - Missing plate 19 (in Part 3) and 4 pages of front matter in Part 1. - An allegorical plate mounted on the blank reverse side of the main title page; a table of contents page from Part 3 bound at the end of the front matter of Part 4. - A copy with minimal browning, only partially showing some foxing and finger stains; occasional minor water stains along the margins; a few small, repaired tears in the margins or corners; 2 index pages in Part 4 with small ink stains. - Inside cover bears a coat-of-arms seal. From the former collection of the noble family von Sebottendorf, with a detailed ownership inscription on the rear blank endpaper by Joh. Damian von Sebottendorf, in which he mentions his father, Caspar von Sebottendorf (district elder in Ohlau, d. 1686), as the previous owner and describes when and where he read the book. *