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

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $3,000

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

Johann Hofman

Place

Nürnberg

Publication

1688-1689

Description

28 plates, 7 double-page maps and 4 fold-out maps. large folding panorama of Jerusalem Numerous text illustrations. Title in red and black. Additional engraved and divisional titles. Head- and tailpieces. Historiated initials

references

cf; Laor 994A

summary

Dutch humanist Olfert Dapper (c.1635-1689) was a physician, geographical and historical writer who travelled to Africa, China, Persia, Georgia and Arabia. Dapper's work is noted for his objective approach, free of his contemporaries’ European ethnocentrism

pp. I (Syria): 6, 200, (4). II (Palestine): (2), 400, 8. Some browning, otherwise crisp, clean copy. Contemporary calf with raised bands on spine. Folio. Sold not subject to return

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