Howell, James; Instructions and Directions for Forren Travell. Shewing by what course, and in what compas of time, one may take an exact Survey of the Kingdomes, and States of Christendome, and arrive to the Practicall Knowledge of the Languages, to good purpose. With a New Appendix for Travelling into Turkey and the Levant Parts. London, printed by W.W. for Humphrey Mosley, 1650. Octavo, pp. 11, 140, illustrated title page, second title page, portrait of Prince Charles.
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The work is complete and in a 19th century full calf with gilt titles and marbled end sheets, gilt text block edges. The binding is tight and clean, the text is very clean. In very good condition.

James Howell (c. 1594 – 1666) was educated at Jesus College, Oxford and became a prominent British historian and writer. His older brother Thomas Howell, was the Lord Bishop of Bristol. He traveled widely in Europe and learned to speak several languages, He also met and befriended numerous literary figures, among them Ben Jonson and Kenelm Digby. 
On the eve of the English Civil War, he gained a secretaryship of the Privy Council, however the conflict meant that he never took up the position. At the time he was already well established as a writer and was the first writer to earn his living solely from writing in the English language.
His “Instructions and Directions for Forren Travell” is considered to be the first published European Handbook for travelers. The first edition was published in 1642. With the increased travel into Turkey and the “Levant” region of the eastern Mediterranean an expanded edition was published in 1650. The work contains an insight into the methods of travel in various countries in Europe, the time needed for travel and obstacles one might encounter. The work is quite rare.