Olfert Dapper. Naukeurige Beschryving van Gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant.

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Jacob van Meurs

Amsterdam

1677

FIRST EDITION. 4 fold-out maps including large folding panorama of Jerusalem; 27 double-page plates of maps, views and illustrations; 31 plates including portraits of the Twelve Sons of Jacob; 34 half-page plates in text. Title in red and black. Additional divisional title.

Rohricht, 1171; cf. Blackmer, 88.

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.