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Zuallart, Jean (1541-1634) Le Très Devot Voyage de Jerusalem, avecq les Figures des Lieux Saincts, & plusieurs autres, Tirées au Naturel.
Antwerp: Arnould s'Conincx, 1608.
First edition in French, quarto, engraved view of Jerusalem to title page; illustrated throughout with 50 engraved vignettes, mostly of a geographical nature, showing views and maps or historic buildings and floorplans, some full-page; bound in contemporary limp parchment (lacking ties; contents subject to intermittent browning); ex libris Bibliotheque du Plessis Villoutreys, with bookplate; 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.
Zuallart made a six-month pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem in 1586 and published his account in Rome in 1587. This first French edition was issued under his direct supervision. The descriptions and illustrations of Jerusalem, Jaffa and Bethlehem are some of the earliest we have from the Ottoman Period. Upon reaching the Via Dolorosa the author notes: "We could only take solace that we had seen such holy places, for it was forbidden to stop or pray by them without a head-covering, to perform any [religious] action while passing, even to look at them for any extended period of time, or write anything publicly."
