Holy Land.- Amico (Bernardino) Trattato delle piante & immagini de sacri edifizi di Terra Santa disegnate in Jerusaleme, second edition, engraved architectural title, 34 double-page sheets of engraved plates and plans by Jacques Callot, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, stained, including some water- and damp-staining, a few splits to folds, some spotting and finger-marking, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, corners repaired, [Atabey 20; Berlin Kat. 2782; Blackmer 31; Fowler 19], small folio, Florence, Piettro Cecconcelli, 1620 [colophon dated 1619]. sold not subject to return.

⁂ First published in 1609, this second edition is the first to include plates engraved by Jacques Callot, who was commissioned by Cosimo II de Medici. The author, a Franciscan prior, lived in the Holy Land from 1593 to 1597, during which time he surveyed its ancient sacred buildings, particularly those of Jerusalem.