Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MORYSON, FYNES. An Itinerary . . . containing his Ten Yeeres of Travell through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Several woodcut maps and city views in text. [14] (of [16]), 295, [1]; 301, [1]; 292 pages, including title on 2 leaves; lacks initial and final blanks. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, 321x212 mm, contemporary calf, brittle and crackled, missing portions of spine, front cover detached; mostly minor marginal foxing and stains, mainly at beginning and end, title leaves rehinged. London: John Beale, 1617

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first edition of a three-part work comprising an account of Moryson's travels; a history of Tyrone's Rebellion against English rule in Ireland; and observations on travel in general and on European geography and national differences. Cox I, 87. STC 18205.