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DAPPER, Olfert.

Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: behelfende de Gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, (...)

Stock Code
99599
Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1680
£3,750

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.

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Description

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.

Bibliography

Atabey 322.

Stock ID:99599

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