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(ISRAEL, LAND OF / TRAVEL). PIETRO ANTONIO DI VENETIA. Guida fedele alla Santa Città di Gierusalemme, e Descrittione di tutta Terra Santa [“Faithful Guide to the Holy City of Jerusalem, and Description of the Entire Holy Land Divided into thirty-five Pilgrimages, which are practiced today. With the Knowledge of the Surrounding Places, and the Mysteries wrought in it.”] 126 WOOD ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. pp. (12), 429, (19). Some browning and staining. Contemporary calf, rubbed. Thick 8vo. Tobler p. 119. Röhricht p. 292. Venice, Domenico Lovis, 1714. This travel account was written by Pietro Antonio di Venetia (1655-1728) a Venetian missionary to Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Sinai, and Egypt. The work is an itinerary for the use of all those who wish to visit the Holy Land. It is particularly noteworthy for the details provided relating to Jerusalem.