Olfert Dapper. Naukeurige Beschryving Van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant [Accurate Description of Syria, and Palestine or Holy Land].

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 131

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Olfert Dapper. Naukeurige Beschryving Van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant [Accurate Description of Syria, and Palestine or Holy Land].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Complete with 4 fold-out maps including large folding panorama of Jerusalem and 12 double-page maps. 56 engraved plates of which 13 are double-page (including portraits of the Twelve Sons of Jacob). Title in red and black. Additional divisional title. pp. (10), 262, (8), 1-344, 337-581, (7). Lightly browned, occasional foxing, lower portion of title page trimmed affecting date. Contemporary vellum, rubbed, opening hinge starting. Folio. Rohricht, 1171; cf. Blackmer, 88.

Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs 1677

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

Dutch physician Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) traveled to Africa, China, Persia, Georgia, Arabia, Egypt and the Holy Land, leaving a rich geographical and historical record of his travels. Dapper’s work is noted for its objective approach, free of his contemporaries’ European ethnocentrism. Present here are fine views of Damascus, Tripoli, Aleppo, Jaffa, the Temple of Solomon and a birds-eye view of Jerusalem.