DAPPER, O[LFERT]. Asia, oder genaue und gründliche Beschreibung des gantzen Syrien und Palestins ["Asia, or exact and thorough description of all of Syria and Palestine."]

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

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

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DAPPER, O[LFERT]. Asia, oder genaue und gründliche Beschreibung des gantzen Syrien und Palestins ["Asia, or exact and thorough description of all of Syria and Palestine."]

Second German edition. Engraved allegorical title having: Amsterdam, Bey Jacob von Meursen nachgelassene Wittibe, 1681. 49 plates; 22 double-page maps and plans; 3 fold-out maps. Large folding panorama of Jerusalem. Numerous text illustrations. Title in red and black. Additional divisional title. Head- and tailpieces. Historiated initials. Printed in double columns Part I (Syria): pp. (6), 200, (4). Small tear to bottom of engraved frontispiece. Part II (Palestine): pp. (2), 400, (8). Foxed. Contemporary vellum, slightly abraded, starting; spine gilt. Folio. Rohricht, Bibliotheca Geographica Palaestinae, pp. 275-6 (no. 1171); cf. Blackmer Catalogue no. 88. Sold not subject to return.

Nürnberg: Johann Hofmann 1688-1689

Est: $2,500 - $3,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

Dutch physician Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) travelled to Africa, China, Persia, Georgia and Arabia, leaving a rich geographical and historical record of his travels. His travelogue of Syria and the Holy Land first appeared in Dutch under the title, Beschryving van gantsch Syrie en Palestyn of Heilige Landt (Amsterdam, 1677). Dapper's work is noted for its objective approach, free of his contemporaries’ European ethnocentrism