The voyages and trauailes of Sir Iohn Mandeuile Knight. : Wherein is set downe the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem: as also to the lands of the great Caane, and of Praester Iohn, Inde, and diuers other countries: together with the many and strange meruailes therein.
1625
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The voyages and trauailes of Sir Iohn Mandeuile Knight. : Wherein is set downe the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem: as also to the lands of the great Caane, and of Praester Iohn, Inde, and diuers other countries: together with the many and strange meruailes therein.
Uniform title
Itinerarium. English
Created/published
London : Printed by Thomas Snodham, 1625.
Description
[160] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; (4to)
Associated name
Mandeville, John, Sir. author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-approximately 1399, attributed name.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-approximately 1399, attributed name.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
Attributed to John Mandeville, but in fact an English version of a text known as "Itinerarium". The original was probably written in Anglo-Norman French and has been attributed to Jean d'Outremeuse.
Signatures: A-V⁴.
Leaf A1r bears a woodcut.
Last leaf is blank.
Signatures: A-V⁴.
Leaf A1r bears a woodcut.
Last leaf is blank.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 17253
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111974
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111974
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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STC 17253
Folger-specific note
HH140/4. Imperfect: cropped, affecting imprint and text at tail of many leaves. M4 foxed, affecting text. Gilt armorial goatskin binding, signed by W. Pratt. Provenance: anonymous armorial bookplate of the Isham family; armorial bookplate detailing the discovery of this volume in Lamport Hall; arms and monogram of Christie Miller; Britwell Court copy (shelf-mark "15. A. 28."); Britwell sale, June 1919, lot 534; collated at Quaritch, [July?] 16, 1919; Harmsworth copy