DAPPER, Olfert 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...
Estimation :
1200 / 1600
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
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 (...). 1680Amsterdam,J. van Meurs,2 parts in 1 vol., folio, cont. calf (lower part & cover sl. stained), gilt orn. spine on 6 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed, sm. repairs at lower part), [8]-357-[3], 324-[4] pp. (endpaper loosening, lower part missing, tear in p. 83, 2nd part with lack of some paper, lower corner dampstained throughout, esp. in 2nd part and somewhat mouldy at last quire, sm. tears in lower margin of pl. "de tooren van Babel"). Good copy.
First 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".
First 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".
