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Valle, Pietro della
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- The Travels... into East-India and Arabia Deserta... whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe's Voyage to the East-Indies. London: J. Macock for John Place, 1665
- paper
Folio (290 x 182mm.), imprimatur leaf, double-page engraved map, 3 engraved plates on 2 leaves, plans in text, nineteenth-century manuscript notes on blank leaves at beginning and end, contemporary calf, binding somewhat rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers
Provenance
"TA", old red stamp at foot of title
Literature
Wilson p.234; Wing V48A; cf. Blackmer 1712 and Atabey 1269 (both French editions)
Condition
The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Della Valle's text comprises 54 letters written to the Neapolitan physician Mario Schipano during his twelve years of travels. He left Venice in 1614 on a pilgrimage to Palestine, proceeding to Damascus and Aleppo, crossing Mesopotamia to Baghdad, and into Persia where he married the Circassian Sitti Maani, who accompanied him on his further travels. In Persia, he sojourned at the court of Shah Abas, but his wife died at Persepolis in 1622. His travels then took him further east to the coast of India, and from Goa to Muscat, thence to Aleppo by way of Basra, finally reaching Rome in 1626. The translation from the Italian original of 1650-63 is by Sir Thomas Roe. There were three different imprints in 1665, for J. Martin and J. Allestry, for John Place and for Henry Herringham.