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[Travels - Levant] - Dapper, Olfert - Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn
Estimation :
€2800/3000
Adjudication :
2800 €
Description
of Heilige Lant; behelsende de gewesten van Fenicie, Celesyrie, Kommagene, Pierie (...) beneffens de landen van Perea of Over-Jordaen, Galilea, byzonder Palestyn, Judea en Idumea: vertoont in een bondigh ontwerp van ‘s lants benamingen, bepalingen, verdeilingen, steden, vlieten, bergen, gewassen, dieren, zeden en aert der inwoonders, bestiering, godsdienst en geschiedenissen (...). Amsterdam, J. van Meurs, 1677 (front.: 1678), 2 parts in 1 vol., folio, cont. blindstamped vellum, central ornament on covers within double ruled rectangle, cornerpcs, [12]-262-[5-1 bl.], [2]-581-[7] pp. (minor spotting and browning). Nice copy. Cfr. ill. Extensive illustrated description of the Levant by Olfert Dapper (1639-1689), also trsl. in German. Engr. ills: frontisp., 8 double-page maps (i.a. “syriae sive soriae”), 22 double-page views of damascus, tripolis, aleppo, rama, Jaffa, Jerusalem, 8 full-page pl. showing “turcksche vrouw- arabische vrouw”, “derwys”, “Quoueli” and 34 half-page ills in text. With 1 extra double-page pl. “salomonis templum” bound in between pp. 446-447. general title in red and black, part titles in black. Text in 2 cols. Bookpl. v.d.s. Ref. Tiele 301. Haitsma Mulier/VanderLem 141f. STCN. BL London (1). Bn-Opale plus.
