Author: Géramb, Marie-Joseph de.
Title: Pélerinage à Jérusalem et au Mont-Sinaï, en 1831, 1832 et 1833. Volume I-II. With supplement: Rélation du pélérinage de Jaffa à Jérusalem fait par Madame de Lamartine, en 1833 and notice topographique sur les stations principales que fit notre rédempteur dans le chemin de la captivité...par A. Parvilliers
Description: Tournay, J. Casterman, Ainé, 1837. Complete in 2 volumes. 416 pp.; 378, 30, (4) pp. Later blind paper wrappers with original publisher's printed paper frontcover mounted. 11x18 cm. Woodengraved vignette on title-page. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Before he took the religious vows, the ascetical writer baron de Géramb (1777-1848) led quit an adventurous life as man of business and notably in a military career. He resisted a siege of 15 days by the London police that were after him for debts. Later he escaped from Napoleons prison in 1814 to enter the monastery of la Trappe de Port-Salut from which he fled to Switzerland when the order was banned from France. Thereupon he took up a pilgrimage to the Holy Land that aroused much interest at the time and about which he relates in the contemporary prevailing form of letters (First published 1834-1836). Edition without plates or maps. At the end: booksellers advertisements (4p). Frontcover loosening; Library stamp on half-title; Half-titles and endpapers somewhat browned, otherwise very good, solid and clean. 2 copies of this edition in Dutch Central Catalog (NCC); edition not mentioned by Röhricht.

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