Olfert Dapper, First Edition (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 375 pages : illustrations (some colour), 1 map ; 33 cm. Contents: De la curiosité à l'art / Laurence Husson De l'indicible à l'uvre / Cristiane Falgayrettes Du Loango / Phyllis M. Martin Olfert Dapper et sa description de l'Afrique / Adam Jones Description de l'Afrique / O. Dapper Notes: "Accompagné d'une exposition Objets interdits présentée du 23 novembre au 7 avril 1990 au musée Dapper."--Title page verso Includes reprint (p. [91]-357) of preliminary pages, chapters 1, 4, 7, and table of contents of Description de l'Afrique / O. Dapper. Amsterdam : Chez Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom et van Someren, 1686.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Asia, of naukeurige beschrijving van het rijk des grooten Mogols, en een groot gedeelte van Indien." -Olfert Dapper -Published in Amsterdam by Jacob van Meurs in 1672 -Folio. 3 parts in 1 vol. [20], 379; [2], 184; 43 pp. (some pages bound in the wrong order but complete). -Complete images and maps - including Engraved title, 4 double-page maps, 12 double-page views, 16 full-page plates and c.30 half-page text illustrations. -Contemporary vellum (detaching from boards), Significant Toning to some pages and occasional marks and tears to pages. This is the First edition of Dapper's famous illustrated description of Asia which includes descriptions of India, Persia, Georgia, Central Asia and Northern India under the Great Mughal. The text and images covers geography, religion, mythology, languages, and politics. This copy shows signs of use, with some misbound leaves, marginal wear, and annotations, but is otherwise complete with all maps and plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 2 parts bound together in a single volume. vi + 728,[18] pages & ii + 120,[4] pages, illustrations, maps : 31 cm. Text in Dutch. Lacks 1 map. Marbled boards with leather spine & corners. The spine is partly split from the covers. Some damp staining to edges & an occasional professional repair to pages.

Couverture rigide. Condition: fine. first edition. In-folio (345 x 224 mm) frontispiece gravé, 3 ff.n.ch., 556 pp., 2 ff.n.ch., 34 cartes et planches gravées (pour la plupart doubles) dépliantes. Veau, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque). Blackmer, 453. Manque à Atabey et à Koç.Première édition française.Elle est illustrée de 34 cartes et planches et de 43 gravures dans le texte. Certaines de ces planches sont inspirées de l'Archipelago de Boschini et des ouvrages du Père Coronelli."Dapper himself was not a traveller; his books on the Morea and Archipelago are compiled from other sources and are of especial interest for their plates. It is possible that Dapper produced these two works in the light of the Venetian successes against the Turks" (Blackmer).Bel exemplaire.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1663. First Edition. Folio (12 1/4" x 7 3/4", 315mm x 200mm). With 69 (of 70) double-page engraved plates, including the frontispiece. Bound in contemporary vellum with embossed superlibros on both boards. On the spine, five raised bands. Manuscript to the second panel. Allegorical frontispiece. Lower front hinge cracked for 3 panels. Some stains to boards and faded manuscript on spine. Extremities worn. Front and rear pastedowns cracked and separating. Some engravings seeping through and some with refreshed mounts. Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) was a Dutch physician, geographer and writer. He wrote about world history and geography, although he never travelled outside of the Netherlands. Dapper's writing encompases China, India, Persia, Arabia and America. He is known for his Description of Afrca, written in 1668. It was later translated in German and English (1670) and French (1676). It is considered one of the most authoritative 17th century accounts of Africa. It contains a rare description of the Kingdom of Benin and mentions the Benin Bronzes.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. In-folio demi-maroquin vert à grain long, dos à nerfs orné (reliure du XIXe siècle, coins usés). Edition originale, rare, de la traduction française de ce beau livre sur l'Afrique, bien complet du frontispice, des 2 cartes repliées, des 3 gravures à double page, 40 planches hors texte et 55 gravures en taille douce in-texte. Le plus important des ouvrages de synthèse consacrés à l Afrique dans la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle. La Description de l Afrique, parue en néerlandais, à Amsterdam, en 1668, fut traduite en français en 1686. Médecin et géographe hollandais, Olfert Dapper (1635-1689) a l honnêteté d attirer l attention du lecteur (p. 219) sur la difficulté de traiter en général du sol, des moeurs et des coutumes du continent africain « parce qu ils sont composés d un trop grand nombre de nations ». Son oeuvre vaut en effet plus par la multiplicité et l exactitude des détails que par les vues générales. Pour sa réalisation, Dapper se fit assister de l un des plus éminents professeurs de l université de Leyde, Isaac Vossius. On y traite du continent tout entier le nord islamique, du Maroc à l Égypte, l Abyssinie, le centre et le sud de l Afrique, Madagascar, Malte, les Canaries et d autres îles des côtes africaines. Aucun ouvrage de son temps ne soutiendra la comparaison et il restera parmi les sources que les géographes ultérieurs utiliseront le plus souvent. Bel exemplaire, très frais.

Early full leather with modern leather spine and morocco spine label, raised bands, evidence of early clasps. Lacks endpapers. Shows some wear, but generally fine condition. Internally very good, plate of Jerusalem has a short tear along one fold with no loss. [6], 220, [4]; [2], 456, [8] pp., 39 copper-engraved folding or double-page plates and maps, extra engraved title and 34 text engravings. This is the rare first German edition of this elaborate work on the Middle East, first published in Dutchin 1677, Dapper, a physician, never left Amsterdam but compiled the reports of many contemporary travellers to write this account. Tiele 72, Blackmer Collection 449, Atabey 322.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Umbständliche und eigentliche Beschreibung von Asia: In sich haltend die Landschafften Mesopotamien, Babylonien, Assyrien, Anatolien oder Klein-Asien: Nebenst einer vollkommnen Vorstellung des glücklichen, wüsten und steinigten Arabiens. Zusamt deren verschiednen Namen, Grenzen, Abtheilungen, Städten, Flecken, Gewächsen, Thieren, Sitten, Trachten, Regierung, Geschichten und Gottesdienst, insonderheit der alten Araber, des Mahomets und der Mahometaner. Anitzo aber ins Hochteutsche getreulichst übersetzet von Johann Christoff Beer. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz, 3 gefalteten Kupfer-Karten, 20 (von 21, 13 gefalteten) Kupfer-Tafeln und 8 halbseitigen Textkupfern. Nürnberg, Froberg für Hoffmann, 1681. 4 Bl., 556 S., 6 Bl. 33 x 20,6 cm. Pergamentband der Zeit mit altem handschriftlichen Rückentitel.Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Blackmer 450 Tiele 300 vgl. Lipperheide Lc 4. Dapper berichtet über Geschichte, Kultur, Religion und Landschaft von Anatolien, den Irak und Iran sowie die gesamte arabische Halbinsel. Die Karten zeigen Basra und Umgebung, Anatolien und Arabien. Die Tafeln mit Ansichten von Babylon, Bagdad, Ephesus, Ninive, Aden, Volkstrachten, Brauchtum, einem Kaffeestrauch u.a. Gereinigt, einige, zum Teil hinterlegte Randeinrisse.

2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Fol. Gestochener Titel, 3 nn. Bl., 357 S., 1 nn.Bl.; 324 S., 2 nn. Bl., mit 3 doppelblattgroßen Kupferstichkarten, 13 doppelblattgroßen (2 gefalteten) Kupfertafeln und 22 Textkupfern. Pergamentband der Zeit mit Blindprägung, (leicht beschabt, vorderes Gelenk unterlegt). Erste Ausgabe. - Tiele 72; Lipperheide Lc 4; Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. I, 257. - Wichtiges Werk Dappers mit den Beschreibungen Vorderasiens (Iran, Irak, Anatolien) und im zweiten Teil der arabischen Halbinsel. - Die dekorativen Ansichten von: Smyrna, Ephesus, Babylon, Bagdad, Aden etc. ferner Darstellungen von Kaffeepflanzen, Melonen, Balsam, historischen Szenen und Trachten. - Stempel auf Titel verso, einige Blatt leicht knittrig, minimal fleckig, sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar. // Engraved title, 3 unn. ll., 357 pp., 1 un.l.; 324 pp., 2 unn. ll., with 3 double-page engraved maps, 13 double-page (2 folded) engraved plates and 22 engravings in text. Blind-tooled contemporary parchment, (slightly worn, front hinge reinforced). First edition. Tiele 72; Lipperheide Lc 4; Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. I, 257. Important account on Asia minor (Iran, Irak Anatolia) and on the Arabian Peninsula by Dapper. With decorative views of Smyrna, Ephesus, Babylon, Bagdad, Aden etc. as well as illustrations of coffee plants, cantaloups, balsam, historical sceneries and costumes. Stamp on title verso, a few leaves buckled, some minor spottings. Nice and clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1672. Two parts in 1 vol., folio, contemporary marbled calf (skilfully restored), richly gilt-tooled decoration on covers and spine. 379-[3], [2]]]-184, 43-[5] pp. (a few pages slightly browned). Excellent copy. Graesse, II, p.335 First issue of the first edition with the rare dedication to Cornelis de Wit (lynched 20 Aug. 1672) that was cancelled in most copies. Splendidly illustrated early account of Asia, including Persia and Georgia (Part II). Part I covers the empire of the "Great Mogol" (Central Asia and Northern India). Both parts deal with the topography, religion, mythology, languages and politics of various regions. Engraved illustrations: frontispice, 16 double-page plates (4 maps) , 16 full-page plates and 33 half-page ills. General title in red and black, text in 2 cols.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Amsterdam, K. van Meurs, 1680. 2 parts in 1 vol. folio (32,5 x 20,5 cm), contemp. richly gold-tooled calf, covers with large gilt central ornament within 2 gilt double ruled borders, elaborately gilt spine, sides gilt, joint split. [8]-357-[3], 324-[3] pp. Detailed description of Arabia and the Islam by O. Dapper (1639-1689). Engraved illustrations: frontispiece, 16 double-page plates (2 folding) and 22 half-page ills. Title in red and black, text in 2 cols. Views of Bagdad, Smirna, the Tower of Babel, etc, maps of Arabia and Turkey.

Folio (220 x 332 mm). (8), 556, (12) pp. With engraved frontispiece, 3 double-page-sized engraved maps, 20 engraved plates (13 double-page-sized, 1 folding), and 8 engravings in the text. Contemp. calf with gilt spine. First German edition of Dapper's description of the Middle East, including Mesopotamia or Algizira, Assyria, and Anatolia; the second part is entirely devoted to Arabia. Dapper's work is of special importance for its original and new information on Islam, Arab science, astronomy, philosophy, and historiography, as well as for its illustrations. "Dr. Olfert Dapper (1636-1689), physician, geographical and historical scholar, was the author of a series of works dealing with Africa, America and Asia. The fine plates [.] are after a number of mapmakers and artists, including Christiaan van Adrichom, Juan Bautista Villalpando and Wenzel Hollar among others" (Blackmer). Includes accounts of Mecca (with a description of the Hajj), Jeddah, Medina, Sana'a, etc. The engravings show costumes, religious rites, specimens of local flora, views, etc., including Aden, Mocha, Maskat, Babylon, Baghdad, Ninive, Ephesus, and Smyrna (re-engraved from the Dutch original edition). - Old repair to view of the Tower of Babylon (slight loss to image). Engraved armorial bookplate "ex Bibliotheca Blomiana" to pastedown. Formerly in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. - VD 17, 39:133144U. STC D 200. Blackmer 450. Tiele 300 (note).

First Edition. First French edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 9 inches; 349 x 229 mm). [6], 556, [4] pp. Complete with half-title, engraved frontispiece, Thirty-four engraved maps, plates and plans and forty-three engravings in the text. The thirty-four engraved maps, plates and plans are comprised of one large folding map, sixteen, full page plates and seventeen double page plates. Title printed in black and red. Contemporary speckled calf, expertly rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine lettered and stamped in gilt. Edges speckled red. Marbled endpapers. Boards a bit rubbed. A one-inch tear to crease of folding map, not affecting map. Paper flaw to top outer corner of leaf Qqq2, not affecting text. Two-inch closed tear to leaf Ttt3, paper flaw to outer margin of leaf Vvv2, not affecting text. A five-inch closed tear to plate facing page 530, and a 1.25 inch closed tear to the bottom corner outer corner of Zzz2, not affecting text. Overall a very clean, nice copy. "Olfert Dapper (1635/6?-1689) was a Dutch physician and scholar who devoted himself to geographical and historical studies which were notable for their fine plates and illustrations, as here, though he never visited the places he described. Other works included Syria and Palestine, Asia Minor and Mesopotamia and the Morea." (Sotheby's 11/13/08). "Dapper's account of the Greek islands was first published in his native Dutch in 1688. This French translation, printed in Amsterdam in 1703, re-uses the engraved plates of earlier Dutch editions, as can be deduced from the presence of Dutch captions to some of the plates. Dapper's work is as much a lament for the present state of Greece's past glories as it is an architectural and archaeological guide.The plate of Delos on display, with its pathetic heaps of fallen masonry, overgrown with weeds and now the home of snakes and lizards, perfectly complements the tone of the text." (Kings College London- Katie Sambrook). Atabey 323. Blackmer 453. Cobham-Jeffery 14. Contominas 190. Weber II 745. HBS 64779. $7,000.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Two parts in one volume. Folio (12 1/8 x 7 6/8 inches). The Mogol Empire: title-page printed in red and black; additional engraved allegorical title-page, engraved double-page map of the Mogol Empire (left-hand margin torn with loss, not affecting the image), 4 double-page plates, 16 full-page plates, and 22 half-page vignettes (one or two plates quite brown, one or two marginal tears not affecting the image). Persia: sectional letterpress title-page; engraved double-page maps of Persia, the Caspian sea, and the eastern shore of the Black Sea showing the region up to the Caucasus Mountains, 8 double-page plates and 10 half-page vignettes (some occasionally heavy browning throughout). 18th-century half tan calf, marbled paper boards (a bit scuffed). Provenance: with the engraved armorial bookplate of J.B. Powis on the front paste-down. First edition. Dapper was "a Dutch physician and scholar devoted to historical and geographical studies. His works are of especial importance because of the fine plates, which include maps, plans, beautiful views and costumes" (Blackmer). Richly illustrated with maps, views, and scenes of the peoples and culture, Dapper's description of the Great Mogul Empire of India and Persia, is one of the most reliable of the 17th-century. Although he did not travel to Asia himself, indeed is believed to have never left Holland, Dapper gathered more than 200 contemporary accounts. He also wrote extensively on Africa and China, and his books were translated into German, French and English. Blackmer 449 (note), 451.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2 parts in one volume. Folio (12 2/8 x 7 6/8 inches). Title-page to part one printed in red and black (without the engraved additional title-page, and the dedication leaf). 56 half-page engraved illustrations in text, decorative woodcut initials and tail-pieces (without the engraved portrait, 14 engraved folding maps and 29 engraved folding plates). Seventeenth-century German pigskin over beveled wooden boards, each cover decorated in blind with floral rolltools and pomegranate cornerpieces, additionally decorated with black stamped daisies at each corner and with the supra libros of Franz Honorius, Count of Trautmannsdorf stamped in black in the center of each cover, dated "Anno 1693" on the front cover, the spine in seven compartments with six raised bands, the title lettered in black in one, and the others decorated with black borders of floral rolltools, two pairs of brass clasps and catches. Provenance: Franz Honorius, Count von Trautmannsdorf, ambassador in Baden; with the bookplate of Franz Ehrenreich Graff Trautmannsdorf (fl. 1702) on the front paste-down; the modern bookplate of John Ralph Willis on the front free endpaper. First edition in German of Dapper's description of Africa, first published in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1668 as "Naukeurige beschryvinge der Africaenische gewesten Egypten, Barbaryen, and Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Africaenische eylanden". Dapper never travelled to Africa, in fact rarely, if ever, outside Holland, but used reports by Jesuit missionaries and other explorers for all his foreign travel books, his history of Africa being his first. See Blackmer 450; Cox I, 361. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

First edition of the French printing. With a great profusion of superb engravings including the very large folding map at the beginning of the book and the other fine copper plates as called for including 14 double page maps, 28 double page plates, 55 text views plus the very elaborately engraved pictorial frontispiece. Folio, bound in full contemporary calf, armorial crest in gilt on both covers which are bordered with double gilt fillet lines, the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, gilt emblematic centre tools, morocco lettering label gilt. iv, 534, (22) pp. A pleasing and unrestored copy, bright and clean and very well preserved copy internally, a touch of foxing occasionally, the original binding with some edge-wear and rubbing, spine rubbed from use, hinges cracking but with the cords strong and tight. Collated complete. RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THIS MONUMENTAL WORK. Dapper's most sought after series of travel which covers the entire continent: the Islamic North (from Morocco to Egypt), Abyssinia, Central and Southern Africa, and Madagascar, Malta, the Canaries and other islands of the African coast. The work contains "a [great] number of fine maps and engravings showing the flora and fauna, views of various towns and antiquities, costumes and local scenes" (-Hamilton) The fine double-page plates include views of Cairo, an illustration of a caravan marching out of Cairo to Mecca, the Pyramids of Egypt, a view of the Royal Palace of Morocco, a plan of Tangier, a plan of Capt. Kempthorn's engagement in the Mary-Rose with several men-of-war, views of Tunis and Tripoli, views of the castles of Mina and Cormantine, views of Lovango and Luanda and the Cape of Good Hope, views of Forts Nassau and Orange, a view of Pike Mountain on Teneriffe, a plan of Malta, and others.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 4 Blätter, 556 Seiten, 6 Blätter. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz, 3 gefalteten Kupfer-Karten, 21 teilsweise gefalteten Kupertafeln und 8 großen Textkupfer. Folio, 22 x 34 cm. Blindgeprägter Schweinslederband der Zeit über Holzdeckeln mit 2 Schließen. Blackmer 450; Tiele 300, Anmerkung; vergleiche Lipperheide Lc 4. - Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Mit schönen Ansichten von Ephesus, Izmir, Aden, Bagdad, Babylon, Muskat. - Am Titel ist eine kleine Ecke fachmännisch restauriert, der Vortitel ist am Bund eingerissen. Seite 449/450 am Rand mit hinterlegter Fehlstelle (geringer Buchstabenverlust). Zum Teil gering feuchtrandig und gebräunt. Insgesamt schönes Exemplar. Dieses Buch wurde uns am 27.12.2004 gestohlen!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First GERMAN EDITION. German text in Gothic script, in double column, Volume I in 2 parts: [3], 300 pp., [4] / 170 pp., [4]., frontispiece, illustrated with 39 copper engravings, of which 25 are full page plates, 8 double page (one with an extra fold) and 4 double page maps, plus 6 in text engravings. Bound with Volume II in 2 Parts: [6], 122 pp., / 120 pp., [4], 11 plates including 2 maps, woodcut initials, head and tail pieces, contemporary full calf, slightly rubbed round edges with worm holes on lower cover, some worming with loss of few words in the last section, very minor browning and sporadic foxing, This is a copy of Dapper's German translation by Jacob von Meursen, who engraved the copper plates, which were compiled and modified from earlier printed works. The many illustrations are beautiful, depicting landscapes, architecture, desert scenes, religious and historical events and much more, making this a famous and well known work. Olfert Dapper (1635 - 1689) was a Dutch physician, writer and expert on Africa. In May 1658, he enrolled at Utrecht University and two years later was signing himself "Doctor medicinæ," although there is no evidence that he ever received any medical training. In 1663, he published a historical description of Amsterdam. In 1665 he published a Dutch translation of the works of Herodotus. With the increased interest in exploration and foreign cultures, a flourishing trade in travel books developed in Holland in the mid 17th century. Following this trend, Dapper was just over thirty years old when he embarked on the geographic and ethnographic research that was to occupy him for the rest of his life. He threw himself into this vast undertaking, first tackling Africa (1668), then China (1670), Persia (1672) and the Middle East (1680). His books became well-known during his own time, with translations appearing in English, French and German. In 1986 a museum devoted to him, called Musée Dapper, was opened in Paris. Dapper never visited the exotic destinations about which he wrote. Mainly because of his utilisation of the accounts of Jesuit missionaries and explorers, Dapper steered clear from making value judgements about the societies he described. He avoided ethnocentric connotations and became the first person to adopt an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together the separate threads of geography, economics, politics, medicine, social life and customs. Unlike some of his contemporaries, Dapper produced a genuine work for posterity, not just a compendium of exotic curiosities. Bibliographical references: Tiele 72, Blackmer 451; Atabey 322 The second work of Spon & Wheler is considered the most important description of travels in Greece and the Levant, marking the beginning of a new period in the literary description of Greece. Spon, travelling together with George Wheler, produced accurate descriptions of antiquities allied to systematic topographical descriptions. Wheler met Jacob Spon in Venice in June 1675, with whom he travelled in Greece and the Levant in 1675 and 1676. Spon published a separate account of the journey in 1678. Wheler's account, A Journey into Greece, was published in 1682. Among the places visited and described by Wheler were Zante, Delos, Constantinople, Prusa ad Olympum, Thyatira, Ephesus, Delphi, Corinth, and Attica. He gave an account of the antiquities of Athens, and brought home marbles and inscriptions. He made considerable use of coins in his book, and paid attention to botany. He brought home plants that had not been cultivated in Britain, including a Hypericum. Bibliographic references: Blackmer 1586; Weber 406; Willems 1936, for 1679 French edition. #30136.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Olfert Dapper (illustrator). First Edition. Depiction of a BAREFOOT WANDERING DERVISH. ORIGINAL ETCHING. Untrimmed. Size of the illustrated area: 17,5 x 28,5 cm ( 7,14 x 11,63 inch) + margins. Slight age-toning and 1 small foxing stain. VERY GOOD. (Airmail shipping incl.) - Minimal gebr?unt und mit 1 winzigen Stockflecken. Sonst sehr gut. (Luftpost ink).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Olfert Dapper - (illustrator). First Edition. Beautiful depiction of the complex of the CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY IN BETHLEHEM ( one of the most important Christian sites in the Holy Land). Original antique etching (copper plate) by the Dutch topographer OLFERT DAPPER. DATED 1677. First edition (Dutch) . Size of image: 14,2 x 11,3 inch (36 x 29cm) + legend and margins. Some occasional light age toning. Untrimmed full margins. Crisp and strong paper , clear imprint.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 27 x 35 cm, Map shows the entire city of Tripoli in Libya with splendid depictions of ships in the foreground and a title cartouche surrounded by war accessories. First edition in French. Reverse without print.

nach dessen vornehmsten Landschafften, insonderheit Syriens, und des gelobten Landes. Mit 8 (3 gefalteten. 5 doppelblattgroßen) Kupferkarten, 31 (1 gefalteten, 22 doppelblattgroßen) Kupfertafeln, 34 Textkupfern. 2 Blatt, 200 Seiten, 2 Blatt; 1 Blatt, 400 Seiten, 4 Blatt. Angebunden : ders. : Umbständliche und eigentliche Beschreibung von Asia. Nebst einer Vorstellung Arabiens. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz, 3 doppelblattgroßen Kupferkarten, 21 (13 doppelblattgrossen) Kupfertafeln, 8 Textkupfern. 4 Blatt, 556 Seiten, 6 Blatt, Pergamentband der Zeit, 34,5 x 22 cm, Einband etwas bestossen und fleckig, innen unterschiedlich gebräunt bzw. etwas stockfleckig. wenige Tafeln mit teils hinterlegten kleinen Randeinrissen, Vorsatz mit Namenszug "M. Johann Jacob Moscherosch". 1. Werk : Dritte deutsche Ausgabe, kollations- und illustrationsgleich mit der zweiten deutschen Ausgabe von 1688/89, jedoch mit neuem Drucktitel und ohne Kupfertitel erschienen. Teil 1 behandelt Syrien, Teil 2 Palästina. Die Kupfer zeigen Ansichten (darunter Aleppo, Damaskus, Jaffa, Jerusalem (große Faltansicht), Tripolis) sowie heilige Stätten, Trachten, Altertümer etc. II. Werk : Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Die Kupfer sind Nachstiche der Amsterdamer Ausgabe von 1681. Mit schönen Ansichten von Aden, Babylon, Bagdad, Ephesus, Izmir u. Muskat.

und denen darzu gehörigen Königreichen und Landschaften, als Egypten, Barbarien, Libyen, Guinea, Ethiopien &c. - Eigentliche Beschreibung der Insulen in Afrika. Mit Kupfertitel, 13 doppelblattgroßen (1 gefaltet) Karten, 30 doppelblattgroße (2 eingefaltete) Kupfertafeln, 56 Textkupfern. 3 Blatt, 695 (recte 693) Seiten, 6 Blatt; 1 Blatt, 101 Seiten, 1 Blatt, Lederband der Zeit mit reicher Rückenvergoldung, 31,5 x 21 cm, Einband etwas berieben, die Karten und Tafeln meist etwas gebräunt, im oberere Rand teils etwas feuchtigkeitsrandig, die Afrikakarte mit hinterlegtem Einriß, ohne das manchmal beigebundene Portrait von Christian V. von Dänemark und das zugehörige Widmungsblatt. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Großartige barocke Publikation, die das damalige Wissen über den afrikanischen Kontinent zusammenfasst und die fremde Welt reich illustriert dem europäischen Leser anschaulich näherbringt. Mit Ansichten u.a. von Algier, Alexandria, Kairo, Luanda, Malta, Marrakesch, Tripolis u. Tunis, ferner Darstellungen von Tieren, Pflanzen, Trachten, Gebräuchen etc. Gutes Exemplar aus einer herzoglichen Bibliothek mit Stempel .Herzogl. Bibliothek" (welche ist leider nicht zu ermitteln) auf dem Titelblatt.

Condition: 0. Erste dt. Ausgabe dieser umfangreichen, prachtvoll illustrierten Beschreibung mit Karten von Syrien, dem Heiligen Land, Palästina usw., Ansichten von Damaskus, Tripolis, Aleppo, Rama, Jaffa, Jerusalem u.a. sowie Porträts, Trachten, Plänen usw. - Einband etw. berieben, bestoßen u. fleckig. Vereinzelt schwach wasserrandig. Vereinzelte kl. Randläsuren bzw. -einrisse. Schwach gebräunt bzw. (finger-)fleckig. - VD17, 3:606856T; Tiele 301; Tobler 212; Röhricht 1170; Griep/L. 322; Graesse II, 335; Paisey D 201; vgl. Lipperheide Lc 3 u. Scheepsfahrt Museum I, 257. ge Gewicht in Gramm: 4000 Fol. Mit illustr. Kupfertitel, Drucktitel in Rot u. Schwarz m. kl. Holzschn.-Vignette, 8 Kupferkarten (davon 5 doppelblattgr. u. 3 gefalt.), 31 Kupfertafeln (davon 21 doppelblattgr. u. 2 gefalt.) u. 34 halbseitigen Textkupfern. 3 Bll., 220 S., 2 Bll.; 1 Bl., 456 S., 4 Bll., Pgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden u. handschriftl. Rückentitel.

First edition; folio, 2 parts in 1 vol.; engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black and with woodcut ornament, 13 double-page or folding engraved plates, 3 double-page maps and 22 half-page illustrations, short worm trace diminishing in size within text on ff. of pp1-Ss4, affecting the odd letter, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, lightly soiled and marked. A very good copy. Although Dapper (1636-1689) never left the Netherlands, he garnered information for his authoritative works from Dutch explorers and merchants as well as Jesuit missionaries. His description of Asia Minor and Mesopotamia includes views of Aden, Mocha, Muscat, Bagdad, Babel, Nineveh, Abydos, Smyrna, Magnesia, and Ephesus. Atabey 322.

1st Edition. DAPPER, Olfert (ca 1635 - 1690). Gedenkwaerdig Bedryf der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Maetschappye, op de Kuste en in het Keizerrijk van Taising of Sina. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1670. 3 parts in one volume. Folio (12 4/8 x 8 inches). Title-page printed in red and black. Additional engraved allegorical title-page dated 1671, one double-page engraved map, 22 double-page engraved views (some separation at folds to the earlier plates), 5 double-page and folding engraved views (some edges frayed), 6 full-page plates of artifacts and botanical specimens (so 34 of a possible 39), 57 engraved vignettes in the text (contemporary calf, very worn). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscription on the front paste-down ?Aan Fiellit Fhoten FIRST EDITION OF DAPPER'S FAMOUS DESCRIPTION OF CHINA This fascinating work gives a general description of the Dutch East India Company's second and third trade missions to the Chinese court in 1662 and 1664 in addition to a historical and geographical description of the Chinese Empire. This highly popular work was very influential in forging perceptions of China among Dapper's contemporaries. It is richly illustrated with numerous engravings covering religion, language, botany, costumes etc. Dapper had first hand access to many of the Dutch East India employees who went on these historic trade missions and numerous unpublished manuscripts when creating this magnificent work. Landwehr, VOC 544; Cordier, BS 2348. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS.

1st Edition. DAPPER, Olfert (ca 1635 - 1690). Gedenkwaerdig Bedryf der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Maetschappye, op de Kuste en in het Keizerrijk van Taising of Sina. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1670. 3 parts in one volume. Folio (12 4/8 x 8 inches). Title-page printed in red and black. Additional engraved allegorical title-page dated 1671, one double-page engraved map, 25 double-page engraved views, 2 double-page and folding engraved views, 5 full-page plates of artifacts (so 33 of a possible 39), 57 engraved vignettes in the text (contemporary calf, very worn). Provenance: with the 19th-century ownership inscription of Ch. A. Rind on the front free endpaper; with the 20th-century bookplates of W.Z. Mulder and Adolf Gerard Gerritsen on the front paste-down FIRST EDITION OF DAPPER'S FAMOUS DESCRIPTION OF CHINA This fascinating work gives a general description of the Dutch East India Company's second and third trade missions to the Chinese court in 1662 and 1664 in addition to a historical and geographical description of the Chinese Empire. This highly popular work was very influential in forging perceptions of China among Dapper's contemporaries. It is richly illustrated with numerous engravings covering religion, language, botany, costumes etc. Dapper had first hand access to many of the Dutch East India employees who went on these historic trade missions and numerous unpublished manuscripts when creating this magnificent work. Landwehr, VOC 544; Cordier, BS 2348. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS.

Amsterdam, Jakob van Meurs, 1672. Folio. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Covers gilt with central stamps within double frames. Rebacked, preserving almost all of original spine. Frontispiece lacks.Title-page printed in red/black. 379,(3) pp. + (2),184,43,(5) pp. 3 double-page engraved maps, 26 (of 28) engraved plates, some double-page and 33 fine half-page engravings in the text. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper. The scarce first edition of Dapper's monumental Asia-description. His richly illustrated description of the empire of the Great Mogul and of India and Persia begins with accounts of natural history and topography. Later sections discuss costume, religion, customs and politics. While Dapper never journeyed to Asia himself, his history is one of the most reliable of the 17th Century, using over 200 contemporary eye-witness sources. - Blackmer 451.

1st Edition. Two parts in one volume. Folio (12 6/8 x 8 inches). Part I: half-title, letterpress title-page. Additional engraved title-page, engraved double-page map, 4 double-page engraved plates, 24 full-page plates, and six vignettes in the text. Part II: sectional title-page, 3 engraved double-page maps, 7 double-page engraved plates, 3 full-page plates, and 4 vignettes in the text (some extensive waterstaining affecting several gatherings in the middle of the book). Contemporary speckled calf (creased and worn with loss). First German edition. Dapper was "a Dutch physician and scholar devoted to historical and geographical studies. His works are of especial importance because of the fine plates, which include maps, plans, beautiful views and costumes" (Blackmer). Richly illustrated with maps, views, and scenes of the peoples and culture, Dapper's description of the Great Mogul Empire of India and Persia, is one of the most reliable of the 17th-century. Although he did not travel to Asia himself, indeed is believed to have never left Holland, Dapper gathered more than 200 contemporary accounts. He also wrote extensively on Africa and China, and his books were translated into German, French and English. Blackmer 449 (note), 451.6.4F.23D.

1st Edition. Folio. (16 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches). Letterpress title-page printed in red and black. Engraved additional title-page dated 1671, four FINE double-page and folding plates, 28 double-page plates all mounted on guards, 6 single leaf plates, and 57 vignettes in the text (bound without the two maps, some plates with short, clean tears in the margins at mounts, one or two early repairs to short marginal tears, offset image of an unrelated but contemporary title-page made while the ink was still wet to page 617). Contemporary mottled calf, the spine in seven compartments, with six raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one, the others finely decorated with small gold tools (expertly rebacked preserving the original spine, corners strengthened). Provenance: Frank Sherwin Streeter (1918-2006) (Collection of Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography and Science), his sale 17th April 2007, lot 395. First edition in English, from works mistakenly attributed to Montanus on the title-page, but in fact a translation of Olfert Dapper's work published the year before in Dutch as "Gedenkwaerdig Bedryf der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Maetschappye op de Kuste en in het Keizerrijk van Taising of Sina" Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1670. Clearly bound without the general map of China and one other map sometimes recorded. John Ogilby had led a full and interesting life even before began printing the famous series of travel books that bear his name, of which "America" is the second (preceded by "Africa" in.). He was an investor in the Virginia Company lottery, a reknowned dancer, even owning his own dancing school and dancing before the King, founder and managing director of the first theatre in Dublin. Ogilby only turned to publishing after an accident left him lame and he was no longer able to dance, and the rise to power of Oliver Cromwell made frivolities like dancing unfashionable. Cordier Sinica 2349; Lowndes 1719; Lust 525; Wing D-242. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.