Sandys travailes: . containing a history of the original and present state of the Turkish empire: their laws, government, policy, military force, courts of justice and commerce. The Mahometan religion and ceremonies. A description of Constantinople. The grand seigniors seraglio, and his manner of living. Also, of Greece, with the religion and customes of the Graecians. Of Egypt; the antiquity, hieroglyphicks, rites, customes, discipline, and religion of the Egyptians: a voyage on the river Nilus, and of the crocodile: of Armenia, grand Cairo, Rhodes, the pyramids, colossus, mummies, &c. The former flourishing and present state of Alexandria. A description of the Holy-land; of the Iews and several sects of Christians living there; of Jerusalem, sepulchre of Christ, temple of Solomon; and what else either of antiquity, or worth observation. Lastly, Italy described, and the islands adjoyning; as Cyprus, Crete, Malta, Sicilia, the Aeolian islands; of Rome, Venice, Naples, Syracusa, Messena, Aetna, Scylla and Charybdis; and other places of note. Illustrated with fifty graven maps and figures.
George Sandys (1578-1644)
Category
Books
Date
1658
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3050533
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],240p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded) . ill.. (metal cuts), map, plans . fol... Imperfect: lacking one of the two folded plates. This copy has an engraving of Constantinople tipped in after p. 24. Pencil price of 5/- on pastedown. manuscript notes in eighteenth-century hand. manuscript drawings of a crest, motto 'Vires vulnere virtus' on front and back pastedowns. Pen and ink sketch of a fig leaf on flyleaf. With Page53 misnumbered 35.. Provenance: manuscript Inscriptions on pastedown and flyleaf of Thos. Jenks Coll. Joh. Cant. 1708; David Jenks Septr. 25th 1779; David Jenks July 1818; Thomas Jenks 1706. 058712.. Binding: Full calf; rebacked; blind tooled to form border and panel; spine label, gilt lettered: Sandy's Travailes.
Makers and roles
George Sandys (1578-1644) Francis Delaram (1589/90 - 1627)