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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1686 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 704 Language: French.
Published by Amsterdam, Wolgang, Waesberge, Boom & Van Someren, 1686
Seller: Librairie-Galerie Bétis, La FLOCELLIERE - SEVREMONT, France
Book First Edition
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.
Published by Amsterdam Traduite du Flamand 1686, 1686
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
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.