Olfert Dapper. Asia; oder Genaue und Gründliche Beschreibung des Gantzen Syrien und Palestins.

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Olfert Dapper. Asia; oder Genaue und Gründliche Beschreibung des Gantzen Syrien und Palestins.

<<FIRST GERMAN EDITION.>> Two parts in one volume. 39 copperplate engravings including double-page and fold-out maps, views and illustrations. <<Including large folding panorama of Jerusalem.>> 34 half-page plates in text. Engraved allergorical title. pp. (8), 220, (4); (2), 456, (8). Lightly browned in places. Contemporary vellum, light wear. Folio. Tiele 72, Blackmer 449, Atabey 322.

Amsterdam: Jacob van Meursen 1681

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,700

<<A FINE COPY CONTAINING EACH AND EVERY MAP, VIEW AND TEXT ILLUSTRATION.>> Dutch humanist Olfert Dapper (1636-89) produced an extraordinary range of exotic geographical and historical travel texts - all the more remarkable for never having left his native homeland. His objective approach is remarkably free of his contemporaries’ European ethnocentrism.