An account of a 4-year journey to Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and the Portuguese colonies of western India by a young Venetian nobleman, a member of the illustrious Bembo family. Bembo follows the same route as his predecessor Pietro de Valle, employing along the way French artist G-J Grelot, who had been traveling with a fellow Frenchman, Jean-B...
Firm known successively as Medici-Beroardi, Medici-Ulivieri, and Medici-Niccolini, during 1726-1742. Includes copy of letter, 1739, September 15, Lisbon, to Domenico Scarlatti, Madrid. Cf. leaf 124 verso. Foliation added in pencil.