123 - Jean DOUBDAN. A Journey to the Holy Land. Containing a True Description of the Most Notable Places That Our Lord Sanctified by His Presence, Sermons, Miracles, and Suffering. The State of the City of Jerusalem… The wars, battles, and victories… won over the infidels… Plus a brief description of the principal cities of Italy… Paris, Pierre Bien-Fait, 1666. In-4, grained calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands (contemporary binding).

Jean DOUBDAN. A Journey to the Holy Land. Containing a True Description of the Most Notable Places That Our Lord Sanctified by His Presence, Sermons, Miracles, and Suffering. The State of the City of Jerusalem… The wars, battles, and victories… won over the infidels… Plus a brief description of the principal cities of Italy… Paris, Pierre Bien-Fait, 1666. In-4, grained calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands (contemporary binding). Brunet, II-826 / Hoefer, XIII-671 /// (4f.)-722 (incorrectly numbered 714)-(5f.) Jean Doubdan, a canon of Saint-Paul, undertook a journey to the Holy Land in 1651, visited Jerusalem and all the surrounding sites, and returned to France the following year via Italy. His account focuses primarily on descriptions of the holy sites. Third revised and expanded edition. The first edition was published in 1661. A frontispiece engraved by Havierlo and 14 plates, 9 of which are fold-outs. Ex-libris from the Château de Rosny and from Charles Filipi. Slight splitting at the hinges. One plate is torn.