Item #113265 An Itinerary contayning a Voyage, made through Italy, in the yeare 1646, and 1647. Illustrated with Divers Figures of Antiquities. Never before published. John RAYMOND, Dr John BARGRAVE.

RAYMOND, John [Dr John BARGRAVE]

An Itinerary contayning a Voyage, made through Italy, in the yeare 1646, and 1647. Illustrated with Divers Figures of Antiquities. Never before published

London, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1648.

Duodecimo, [xlii] (last blank), 284, [2] (errata, colophon) pages with 10 in-text illustrations plus a frontispiece.

Later half calf and marbled papered boards, with the spine blind-decorated in gilt-ruled compartments, with a contrasting leather title-label; all edges dyed (now a little unevenly); covers a little rubbed and bumped, with minor wear to the corners; minimal restoration to the front joint, with trifling loss near the head; endpapers offset; three consecutive leaves (pages 39-44) have an internal split along part of the leading margin; minimal signs of use and age; an excellent copy.

There are (relevant) contemporary annotations in ink in the margins of pages 39 and 47. The first comprehensive English guidebook to Italy.