Breydenbach Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-tag/breydenbach/ Rare Maps, Vintage Maps, Antique Maps, Rare Atlases, Rare Books Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:02:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dcrb-favicon-white-100x100.png Breydenbach Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-tag/breydenbach/ 32 32 238712441 The first illustrated printed travel book https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/the-first-illustrated-printed-travel-book/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:03:22 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/the-first-illustrated-printed-travel-book/ By BREYDENBACH, Bernhard von, 1486

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]]> First edition, chancery folio (308 by 221mm), 139 leaves (of 140, without final blank) + 8 fold-out sheets, 43 lines, gothic type, 4- to 6-line initial spaces, full-page woodcut on verso of first leaf, two woodcut initials and printer’s device, seven woodcut maps and views, woodcut illustrations, unrubricated except for one initial, contemporary marginalia in two hands, 2 (possibly 5) leaves supplied from another copy, some folds of city views weak (2 strengthened), rust stains visible on one leaf, recent calf over wooden boards using contemporary calf panels on covers and old brass fore-edge clasps, centre- and corner-pieces.

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