BESCHREIBUNG DER STADT AMSTERDAM. Darinnen Von derselben ersten ursprunge bis auf gegenwertigen zustand / Ihr unterschiedlicher anwachs / herliche Vorrechte / und in 60 Kupferstukken entworfene fuhrnehmste Gebeue . - [Profusely illustrated] - " THE FIRST BAEDEKER"

von ZESEN, FILIP; {Filips, Philipp)

Published by Marcus Willems Doornik, Amsterdam, 1664

About this Item

Thick 32mo. (13x8 cm). - [20],567, [1] pages, plates - Contemporary full vellum, quite worn, a 3 cm crack at bottom of spine, a 1.5x0.5 cm piece missing. a 3x2 cm piece cut out from front free end-paper. A 3x2 cm upper corner torn from the leaf of Pages 219-220. - With a separate title-page of "Appendix oder Zugabe Wegen der neuen Ergrosserung und Erweiterung der weltberuhmten Stadt Amsterdam". - With a decorated engraved frontispiece, 57 ( of 60) engraved plates [53 double-page, 2 single-page, and 2 multiply folding panoramas (the second one lacks the lower right corner)]. - The German poet Philipp von Zesen (1619-1689) was active in the Netherlands 1642 through 1648, and then again from 1656 on, where in addition writing poetry and scholarly books, he also collaborated closely with various publishers (Doornik, Elsevier and Noschen). - In addition to the clear and detailed engraved illustrations of all the important buildings of Amsterdam, excellent factual descriptions of them, as well as of the streets and embankments, are also given. - The present book is described in scholarly literature as the "FIRST BAEDEKER" [such as Chrsitian Gellinek:"Europas erster Baedeker, Filip von Zesens Amsterdam 1664", Lang 1988]. - Note that in the same year a larger size edition, quarto, of the book was published by Noschen, while Doornik produced thie present pocket book edition. In both Dutch and German.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BESCHREIBUNG DER STADT AMSTERDAM. Darinnen Von derselben ersten ursprunge bis auf gegenwertigen zustand / Ihr unterschiedlicher anwachs / herliche Vorrechte / und in 60 Kupferstukken entworfene fuhrnehmste Gebeue . - [Profusely illustrated] - " THE FIRST BAEDEKER"
• Publisher: Marcus Willems Doornik, Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 1664
• Language: Dutch
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: not applicable