DAPPER, O[LFERT]. Asia; oder Genaue und Gründliche Beschreibung des Gantzen Syrien und Palestins. Two volumes in one

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $6,000

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

Widow of Jacob von Meursen

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1681

Description

Additional engraved title. 39 copper-engraved plates and maps, many folding or double-page

summary

Dutch humanist Olfert Dapper (1636-89) produced an extraordinary range of exotic geographical and historical travel texts - all the more remarkable for having never left his native homeland. His objective approach is remarkably free of his contemporaries’ European ethnocentrism

pp. (8), 220, (4); (2), 456, (8). Trace foxed, few neat paper repairs. Recent half-calf over marbled boards. Folio. Detailed collation available on request

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