Johann Michael Wansleben's travels in the Levant, 1671-1674 : an annotated edition of his Italian report / by Alastair Hamilton.

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Johann Michael Wansleben's Travels in the Levant, 1671-1674 is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Egypt and the Levant by the German scholar traveller Wansleben, or Vansleb (as he was known in France). He set out for the East in 1671 to collect manuscripts and antiquities...

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Uniform Title:Giornale nel quale egli racconta le sue osservationi le piu curiose
History of Oriental studies ; v. 4.
Main Author: Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679 (Author)
Other Authors: Hamilton, Alastair, 1941- (Editor)
Language:Italian
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in Italian, with introduction, appendices, and notes in English.
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Series:History of Oriental studies ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Wansleben, Johann Michael, > 1635-1679 > Travel > Middle East.
Wansleben, Johann Michael, > 1635-1679 > Travel > Egypt.
Wansleben, Johann Michael, > 1635-1679.
Middle East > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Egypt > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Travel.
Egypt.
Middle East.
Archäologische Stätte.
Ägypten.
Levante.
Türkei.
Early works.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Physical Description:xiv, 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Giornale nel quale egli racconta le sue osservationi le piu curiose, che egli ha fatto sopra li luoghi e paesi per dove egli e passato e li avenimenti li piu memorabili che gli sono arrivati nel suo viaggio in levante
  • Parte prima del giornale
  • La seconda parte del giornale
  • La terza parte del giornale
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Glossary.