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Wanckel, Nicolaus (fl. circa 1510-1517) Ein kurtze vermerckung der heyligen Stet des heyligen landts, in und umb Jerusalem.
Nuremberg: Jobst Gutknecht, 1517
First edition, quarto, lacking the title page with woodcut on verso (provided in facsimile on old paper); 18 of 20 unnumbered leaves (lacking title page and final blank [A1 & E4]), text in gothic type; bound in limp parchment, ruled in blind (water stain to contents); 8 x 5 7/8 in.
Wanckel was a Franciscan friar who traveled to the Holy Land in 1510 or 1511. He lived at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a year and was active in the convent of Zion. At some point, he was brought to Cairo by the Egyptian Sultan, where he worked as a diplomatic messenger between the Egyptians and the Vatican.
