Die ritterliche vnnd lobwirdige Reyss, des gestrengen vnd vber all ander weit erfarne Ritter, vnnd Landtfahrer, Herrn Ludovico Vartomans von Bolonia, sagend von den Landen Egypto, Syria, von beiden Arabia, Persia, India, vnd Ethiopia .
This is a 1548 German translation of Lodovico de Varthema's travel account of Egypt, Syria, Arabia, Persia, India and Ethiopia, printed at Frankfurt am Main by Hermann Gülfferich and translated by Michael Herr for German-speaking readers. The woodcuts show travellers, rulers, soldiers and fantastical scenes of Asian and African life, with heavy black outlines, dense hatching and crowded compositions that a designer might borrow for period costume, armour, architecture and narrative panel layouts.
