Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?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. 7 woodcut city plans and floor diagram of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in text of first part. [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, 324x201 mm, early 19th-century tan calf gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, moderate wear to covers; dampstain in upper inner corner of opening leaves, second title leaf remargined with clean tear repaired, woodcut headpiece slightly cropped and clean tear repaired on ¶4, dampstaining along bottom edges in middle of volume, ink stain on fore edges toward end slightly showing internally. London: John Beale, 1617

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first edition of a three-part work comprising a journal of Moryson's travels in Europe and the Middle East from 1591 to 1602; a history of Tyrone's Rebellion in 1595-1603 against English rule in Ireland; and observations on travel in general and on European geography and national differences. STC 18205.