Naukeurige beschryving van Asie : behelsende de gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, of Klein Asie : beneffens eene volkome beschrijving van gantsch gelukkigh, woest, en petreesch of steenigh Arabie. Vertoont in een bondigh ontwerp...
Estimation :
500 / 700
Adjudication :
800 €
Description
van 's lants benamingen, bepalingen, verdeilingen, steden, vlekken, gewassen, dieren, zeden, en aert der inwoonders, bestiering, geschiedenissen en godsdienst, inzonderheit die van d'oude Arabieren, Mahomet en Mahometanen (...).
1st edition of this detailed description of some Asian islamic countries and Arabia (part 2) by O. Dapper (1639-1689), also translated in German. Engr. ills : title, 3 double-page maps ("Delineatio regionis Bassora cum pagis", "Natolia quae olim Asia minor", "Nova totius Arabiae foelicis, Petraeae et desertae"), 13 double-page views (some folding, 4 signed by Charles Vasteau and one by K. Decker) showing Babel and the Tower (2), Bagdad, Ninive, Ephese, Smirne, Magnesie, etc. and 22 half-page ills in text. Title in red & black. Text in 2 cols. Ownership entry on endpaper "Franciscus Uyttenbroek Lier".
1st edition of this detailed description of some Asian islamic countries and Arabia (part 2) by O. Dapper (1639-1689), also translated in German. Engr. ills : title, 3 double-page maps ("Delineatio regionis Bassora cum pagis", "Natolia quae olim Asia minor", "Nova totius Arabiae foelicis, Petraeae et desertae"), 13 double-page views (some folding, 4 signed by Charles Vasteau and one by K. Decker) showing Babel and the Tower (2), Bagdad, Ninive, Ephese, Smirne, Magnesie, etc. and 22 half-page ills in text. Title in red & black. Text in 2 cols. Ownership entry on endpaper "Franciscus Uyttenbroek Lier".
