EARLY TRAVELS in PALESTINE:ARCULF WILLIBALD BERNARD MAUNDEVILLE MAUNDRELL/ 1848

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EARLY TRAVELS in PALESTINE:ARCULF WILLIBALD BERNARD MAUNDEVILLE MAUNDRELL/ 1848 EARLY TRAVELS IN PALESTINE. COMPRISING THE NARRATIVES OF ARCULF, WILLIBALD, BERNARD, SAEWULF, SIGURD, BENJAMIN OF TUDELA, SIR JOHN MAUNDEVILLE, DE LA BROCQUIERE, AND MAUNDRELL. EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY THOMAS WRIGHT. BOHN'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. First Edition. Scarce.A solid early 19th century thick book offering several accounts of travel narratives from the Holy Land. Comprising the narratives of Arculf, Willibald, Bernard, Saewulf, Sigurd, Benjamin of Tudela, Sir John Maundeville, De La Brocqiere, and Maundrell. With a Plan of Jerusalem with tissue guard facing the title page. This book is complete, with the original covers and with a recent solid cloth spine. Published more than 160 years ago, this book is now long out-of-print and quite scarce. Another First Edition copy is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. From the Introduction: "The favoured land to which [these pilgrims] relate, the scenes of so many events of deep import to our happiness in this world and in the future, has never lost its attractions, and more steps, as well as more eyes, are now turned towards it, than in those so-called ages of faith, when every mile on the road was believed to count in heaven for so much towards the redemption of the past crimes and offences, however great, of the traveller...It was the interest created by the objects these pilgrims visited personally, and the curiosity excited by the vague information obtained from intercourse with men who came from parts still more distant, that laid the first foundation of geographical science, and that first gave the impulse to geographical discovery. A comparison of the numerous narratives to which we allude, places before our eyes the most distinct view we can possibly have of the various changes which have swept over the land of Palestine since it was snatched from the power of the Roman emperors. The more ancient are, of course, the most interesting, because they relate to a period when a far greater number of monuments of still earlier antiquity remained in existence than it has been the lot of any modern pilgrims to visit and the traditions of the locality were then much more deserving of attention..."Contents include: Travels of Bishop Arculf in the Holy Land A.D. 700; Travels of Willibald, 721-27; Voyage of Bernard the Wise, 867; Travels of Saewulf, 1102 and 1103; Saga of Sigurd the Crusader, 1107-1111; Travels of Babbi Benjamin of Tudela, 1160-73; Book of Sir John Maundeville, 1322-56; Travels of Bertrandon de la Broquiere, 1432-33; Journey of Henry Maundrell from Aleppo to Jerusalem, 1697; Index. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thick and heavy 12 mo - sized hardcover book; xxxi + 517 pages of text and 40 pages of book advertising. Good condition: withdrawn from Yale University Library with old library bookplate and markings on the front endpapers and stamp on the title page; no torn or missing pages but several pages loose or becoming loose from binding; no writing or markings in the text; mild scattered foxing; cracked hinges on endpapers. Original publisher's hardcover patterned boards with light fraying to edges, recent spine rebacked in green cloth with a small piece of original title regained. A solid copy of this interesting book. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $4 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $16; Canadian airmail postage $12.1 NO RESERVE $4.00 for Media Mail postage within the United States.$16.00 for international air mail postage. . Powered by eBay Bl... read more

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