GEORG CHRISTOPH Von NEITZSCHITZ: Sieben-jährige und gefährliche neu-verbesserte Europä- Asiat- und Africanische Welt-Beschauung. Nurenberg 1686 Third,expanded,edition and the only one richly illustrated.In Quarto,contemporary full leather with very light wear,spine sunned,text clean and bright,engraved frontis,complete 319p.,the register,two folding maps and 17 copper engraved plates (some folded ),overall in very good condition. Published in 1686 in Nuremberg by the prominent art and book dealer Johann Hoffmann,it is a classic of German Baroque travel literature, detailing the author's extensive and often perilous journey through Europe, Asia, and Africa between 1630 and 1637.Beeing first published in 1666 without any illustration,Hoffman also added content that was only briefly mentioned previously.Neitzschitz was a nobleman who traveled with a sharp eye for detail. His Welt-Beschauung covers the Levant. Detailed accounts of the pyramids, the Nile, and the city of Cairo. A pious but observant tour of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Jordan River.The Ottoman Empire,observations on the Turkish court, customs, and military, which were of high interest to German readers during the Ottoman wars and finally a lot of observations on Greece with reflections on the classical ruins and the contemporary state of these lands under Venetian or Ottoman rule.He kept obviously detailed daily calendar,so we can follow him..,Corfou,Zante,Cerigo,Smyrna,Constantinople,Crete (still Venetian),Rhodes etc,The 1686 Hoffmann edition is particularly valued for its visual quality,as Johann Hoffmann was not just a bookseller but a Kunsthändler,an art dealer.A fine rare travel account on 17th century Greece richly illustrated with early fine views of the Levant.