WENNER, Adam. Ein gantz new Reysbuch von Prag auss bisz gen Constantinopel. Nuremberg: Simon Halbmayern, 1622. 4° (185 x 145mm), title in red and black, woodcut device on S2v. (Holes in I3 causing loss to several lines recto and verso, some browning and light waterstaining.) Modern vellum (bowed).
FIRST EDITION of this day-by-day account of the Austrian embassy's journey to Constantinople in 1616. A list of presents for the sultan and his court is given at the end. Atabey 1326 (refers to this second copy); Blackmer 1783.
WENNER, Adam. Ein gantz new Reysbuch von Prag auss bisz gen Constantinopel. Nuremberg: Simon Halbmayern, 1622. 4° (185 x 145mm), title in red and black, woodcut device on S2v. (Holes in I3 causing loss to several lines recto and verso, some browning and light waterstaining.) Modern vellum (bowed).
FIRST EDITION of this day-by-day account of the Austrian embassy's journey to Constantinople in 1616. A list of presents for the sultan and his court is given at the end. Atabey 1326 (refers to this second copy); Blackmer 1783.
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