Jacob van Meurs (1619 - 1680)

Lot 46: Dapper, Olfert. , Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: behelsende de gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, of Klein Asie: beneffens eene volkome Beschrijving van... Arabie. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1680

Name: Dapper, Olfert. , Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: behelsende de gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, of Klein Asie: beneffens eene volkome Beschrijving van... Arabie. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1680
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 97z610uow9

Sold:

Sotheby's

November 13, 2008

London, United Kingdom

View more details

More About this Item

Item Overview

Description

first edition, 2 parts in one volume, folio (306 x 192mm.), printed title in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates and maps, mostly double-page or folding, engraved illustrations, contemporary panelled calf, n2 with section of margin cut away affecting a few letters of text, covers refurbished, corners repaired, rebacked retaining original spine gilt

Literature

Blackmer 450 (German edition, 1681); Atabey 322

Provenance

Sefik E. Atabey, book label

Notes

This copy contains the botanical plate at p.68 in part 2 which is not called for in the list of plates and does not occur in all copies. The plates include views of Smyrna, Magnesia, Abydos, Ephesus and the Arabian coastal towns of Mocha, Aden and Muscat; the maps include Asia Minor and Arabia.