FAH 230 Art of Travel

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FAH 230 Art of Travel

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Baskins

Publisher

Tisch Library

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Typus Orbis Terrarum

Haklvtus posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world, in sea voayages, & lande-trauells
Paper restoration on page 348 of Haklvtus posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes: containing a history of the world, in sea voayages, & lande-trauells by Samuel Purchas (London 1625) within chapter "The Hollanders Fort in the Roads of Amasane

Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Page 80. Illustration of the ancient city of Abydos in Turkey.
This image represents a map of Abydos and the surrounding cities in present day Turkey. Note the incredible detail in the architecture and the inclusion of crescent moons on the tops of the buildings in the left hand corner. Interesting that this is…

Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Page 97. Illustration of an "Ichneumon", a breed of rat found in Egypt.
This illustration depicts the Egyptian breed of rat named "Ichneumon". Note that Belon mentions the nickname given to the animal by the Egyptians: "rat de Pharaon" or the Pharaoh's rat. Belon also indicates that, interestingly, this animal has become…

Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Page 81. Illustration of a type of spruce tree from Turkey.
This illustration depicts a specific kind of spruce tree that grows near the Hellespont strait in present day Turkey. Note that Belon not only talks about the specificities of the flora, but he also describes how the tree is used by the Turkish…

Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Page 15. Illustration of a mountain goat from the island of Crete.
This illustration represents the specific mountain goat from the island of Crete. Note that Belon chose to have the goat depicted in his natural habitat, amidst the rocky mountain. Indeed, in his writings, Belon seems to be fascinated with the idea…

Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Title page.
This image shows the title page of Belon's book. Note the inclusion of the publisher's colophon and the author's ode to the king with the following, "Avec priuilege du Roy" (with the king's privilege).

Rycaut, Paul. The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Cover, binding, spine.
The cover of the book is embossed with a rectangle that is congruent to the dimensions of the book. It is bound in plain, dark brown leather. While the majority of the book's binding still holds, the front cover has been ripped clean from the rest of…

Rycaut, Paul. The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Ownership and Provenance.
Provenance marks on the front pastedown and free paper ofThe Present State of the Ottoman Empire by Paul Rycaut. The content of the pencil marking on the front pastedown are written in pencil and may be a call number: AD860A57.On the following free…

Rycaut, Paul. The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Title Page.
The title page reads: "The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the Maxims of the Turkish Politie, the Most Material Points of the Mahometan Religious, their Sects and Heresies, their Convents and Religious Votaries, their Military…
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