Lot 00057 |
FERMANEL, FAUVEL, DE LAUNAY et DE STOCKOVE: Voyage d Italie et du Levant de Messieurs Fermanel, Fauvel, de Launay et De Stochove contenant la description des Royaumes, Gouvernements, Villes…. Edifices anciens et modernes, moeurs des Turcs, Juifs, Grecs, Armeniens… et autres nations qui habitent …tout le pais du Levant. Rouen 1670
Third edition of one of the very first classical tours in Greece.
Small 8vo (15 × 9 cm). Contemporary full leather with some wear; spine gilt. Complete: title, [4], 479, [6] pp. Text clean, with some light uniform browning in the first part. Overall very good.
The party consisted of four travelers, three from Rouen and Stochove from Flanders,
who set out for the Levant in 1630 and remained for two years, exploring in detail the Greek islands and the coast of Asia Minor. Although all names appear on the title, as several accounts from the group were published,
this particular version is attributed to Fermanel.
A very detailed and early account of Greece. This edition printed in Rouen by Antoine Maurry.
Reference: Blackmer 115 (another account from the same party); not in Atabey.
Scarce.