Viaie de la Tierra Santa : y descripcion de Ierusalen y del santo monte Libano : con relacion de cosas marauillosas, assi de las prouincias de Leuante, como de las Indias de Occidente : con vn itinerario para los peregrinos

Alternate Title:

Viage de la Tierra Santa; Viaje de la Tierra Santa

Name:

Ceverio de Vera, Juan, 1550-1600

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1598

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Lyell, Jacob P. R. (bookplate)

Publisher:

Por Mathias Mares :A costa de Hernando de Espinal, mercader de libros

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered leaves, 137 leaves; 14 cm (8vo)

Geographic Subject:

Jerusalem -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Mediterranean Region

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

"The author, who died in 1600, was born in the Canary Islands and while quite young went to America, where he spent 40 years of his life, later returning to Spain from whence he made the journey to the Holy Land and elswhere related in this book. In his prologue he refers to Columbus and the discovery of the New World. In cap. 25, he discusses the commercial relations of Italy, England & France with America, while in cap. 28 there are references to the Canary Islands, Guayaquil, Quito & Peru."--Bookseller's description.; With colophon.; Signatures: pi⁸ A-R⁸.; Leaves A3, R4 and R5 missigned A2, Q4 and Q5 respectively.; Leaves 15, 22, 34, 54, 64, and 85 misnumbered 51, 23, 54, 48, 54, and 75 respectively; leaf number 109 omitted in sequence.; Woodcuts: device; initials; head- and tail-pieces.; Bookseller's description laid in.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, 868 C339

Collection:

Holy Land Collections (University of Pennsylvania)