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."]

Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
Hammer price: $2,200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

Johann Hofmann

Place

Nürnberg

Publication

1688-1689

Description

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

references

Rohricht, Bibliotheca Geographica Palaestinae, pp. 275-6 (no. 1171); cf. Blackmer Catalogue no. 88. Sold not subject to return.

summary

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

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.

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