RADZIWI³³ Mikolaj Krzysztof Peregrynacya Albo Pielgrzymowanie do Jeruzalem Ziemiele Swiętyy Peregrynacya 1745

Peregrynacya Albo Pielgrzymowanie do Jeruzalem Zmiemie Swietyy / By the Brightly Eyed Prince H.E. Mikolaj Krzystof On Ołyka y Nieswiezu Radziwill Grand Duchy of Lithuania Marshal With the adduction of various pious and interesting things worth knowing Described.

Year ofpublication: Reprinted in the year of our Lord 1745.

s. [4], 354. on the title page verso a woodcut portrait of Mikolaj Krzysztof Radziwill, and under it a 6-line Polish poem with an invocation to the reader

Format: 20.5 x 17 cm

Binding: full leather from the period, gilt/embossed on the spine, convex scrolls, signboard with titula, stained page edges

Prince Mikolaj Krzysztof Radziwill (1549-1616) - called Orphan, coat of arms of Trąby (son of M. Radziwill called Black), raised from childhood as a Protestant, in 1566 during his stay in Rome he converted to Catholicism and became an ardent follower. In 1582-1584 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He described it in his diary of the journey, written around 1590, published in Poland in Latin translation (1599) and in Polish (Peregrination to the Holy Land..., 1607). Founder of many churches, monasteries and Jesuit colleges on his estates.

Printed in Polish, published in 4° format.

Estreicher notes only one library owning this edition.

Condition: complete and consistent, first three pages with looseness and minor losses [not detrimental to text], spine rubbing/small losses/potholes/, corner rubbing, numerical signatures on several pages - in pencil, first pages with small losses/potholes [not detrimental to text], rust spots, paper discoloration

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