Picturing Experience in the Early Printed Book: Breydenbachs Peregrinatio from Venice to Jerusalem

by Elizabeth Ross

Bernhard von Breydenbach's Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Journey to the Holy Land), first published in 1486, is one of the seminal books of early printing and is especially renowned for the originality of its woodcuts. In Picturing Experience in the Early Printed Book, Elizabeth Ross considers the Peregrinatio from a variety of perspectives to explain its value for the cultural history of the period. Breydenbach, a high-ranking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271061227
• ISBN13: 9780271061221
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 10.3"