[Peregrinatio in terram sanctam]

Imprint from colophon.

Colophon reads: Sanctaru[m] peregrinationu[m] in montem Syon ad venerandu[m] [Christi] sepulcru[m] in Ierusalem. atq[ue] in monte[m] Synai ad diua[m] virgine[m] et martire[m] Katherina[m] opusculum hoc co[n]tentiuu[m] p[er] Erhardu[m] reuwich de Traiecto inferiori impressum in ciuitate Moguntina anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxvj. die xj. Februarij finit feliciter.

Woodcut frontispiece featuring a richy-dressed woman with, to the left, the arms of Bernhard von Breydenbach and to the right and below respectively, those of Johannes von Solms, and Philip von Bicken.

Seven woodcuts with topographical views of Venice, Parenzo, Corfu, Modon, Candia, Rhodes and the Holy Land and Egypt, with Jerusalem at its centre. Five of these are extended to a greater length by the addition of folded sections.

Additional woodcuts show animals (camel, salamander, goats, giraffe, crocodile and unicorn), regional costumes and customs, and the Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Coptic and Ethiopic alphabets.

Ornamental woodcut initial with the arms of Berthold von Henneberg, Archbishop of Mainz on the recto of leaf [2].

Ornamental woodcut initial on the verso of leaf [4].

Printed with 40-44 long lines to a full page.

No signatures.

Initial spaces, no guide-letters.

The final leaf is blank.

Indexed in: ISTC no. ib01189000.

Indexed in: Hain-Copinger 3956; Goff B1189.