[Arabia - Islam] - Dapper, Olfert - Naukeurige beschryving van Asie: behelsende de gewesten
Estimation :
€1800/2500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
van Mesopotamie, Babylonie,Assyrie,Anatolie, of KleinAsie: beneffens eene volkome beschrijving van gantsch gelukkigh, woest, en petreesch of steenigh Arabie. Vertoont in een bondigh ontwerp 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 (...). Amsterdam, J. van Meurs, 1680, 2 parts in 1 vol., folio, cont. blindstamped vellum, central ornament within double ruled frame, with 4 stamped cornerpcs, spine on 7 raised bands, gilt leather title label, [8]-357-[3], 324-[4] pp. (upper margin some dampstaining, part 2: view of Aden browned, T4 lacking, lower corner p. 71 torn off). Otherwise good copy. Cfr. ill. 1st ed. of this detailed description of some Islam countries and Arabia (part 2) by O. Dapper (1639-1689), also trsl. 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 20 (of 22) half-page ills in text. 1 extra double-page pl. bound in at end showing plants (“sambak, semsem and abelmosch”). Title in red and black. Text in 2 cols. Stamp on title. Ref. Tiele 300. Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem 141g. STCN (i.a. BL London). Bn-Opale plus.
