Lot n° 189

BERCKENMEYER, Paul Ludolph.- Vermehrter curieuser Antiquarius, das ist : Allerhand auserlesene geographische und historische Merckwürdigkeiten [...] [- Fortsetzung des curieusen Antiquarii [...]. Hamburg, Benjamin Schiller, Johann Christoph Kissner,...

Estimation : 1200 / 1500
Description
1720 [- 1711].
2 parts in 1 vol. in-12° : front.-[92]-936, front.-[56]-418 pp.; 32 pl. (some lvs very slightly browned, little foxing).
Contemporary Dutch binding : vellum, flat spine with tooled title label (binding slightly soiled).

RARE COPY GATHERING THE TWO PARTS (2d in first edition). Compilation and compendium of short detailed descriptions of places, sites, monuments, natural phenomena, fauna, local traditions, etc. in numerous countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, based on multiple sources such as travel literature. Copy complete of the 32 folding copper-engravings. With an extensive alphabetical and geographical index.
# Not in Sabin.
Provenance : Daniel Wilhelm Nebel, professor in philosophy, pharmacology and medicine (18th Century ex-libris).
IHFZ Rare ex. complet des 2 parties de cette compilation de descriptions des curiosités, lieux, phénomènes naturels, traditions locales, etc., en Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amériques, illustrée de 32 cuivres. Plein vélin de l'ép. (qqs ff. lég. brunis, rel. lég. défraîchie).
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