Melton Ed., "ZEE en LAND REIZEN door Egypten, West Indien, Perzien, Turkyen, Oost Indien… aangebangen in den jaare 1660 en geeindigh in den jaare 1677", Amsterdam, 1681. First edition. 4to, (21x17cm), pp. [4] 495, [8] and 8 engraved plates, some folded. Contemporary full vellum soiled and slightly rubbed at corners, few scattered marginal waterstain. A very good copy overall. Melton was a British who worked for the Dutch Company of East Indies. The original manuscript travel accounts had been lost and the work had never been translated. Melton travelled extensively from 1660 to 1677. The first book covers Egypt where Melton spent two years and gives vivid descriptions. The second covers America. The author was present in New York in 1668 at the height of the dispute between Dutch and British. The third volume covers Melton’s second travel in the Levant, where he travelled in Anatolia, Syria and Armenia extensively and provide unique information. Later he continued to Persia and East India. The fine plates, made for the work by Jan Luyken one of the best Dutch painters of his time, rank among his best productions. VERY RARE. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.
Melton Ed., "ZEE en LAND REIZEN door Egypten, West Indien, Perzien, Turkyen, Oost Indien… aangebangen in den jaare 1660 en geeindigh in den jaare 1677", Amsterdam, 1681. First edition. 4to, (21x17cm), pp. [4] 495, [8] and 8 engraved plates, some folded. Contemporary full vellum soiled and slightly rubbed at corners, few scattered marginal waterstain. A very good copy overall. Melton was a British who worked for the Dutch Company of East Indies. The original manuscript travel accounts had been lost and the work had never been translated. Melton travelled extensively from 1660 to 1677. The first book covers Egypt where Melton spent two years and gives vivid descriptions. The second covers America. The author was present in New York in 1668 at the height of the dispute between Dutch and British. The third volume covers Melton’s second travel in the Levant, where he travelled in Anatolia, Syria and Armenia extensively and provide unique information. Later he continued to Persia and East India. The fine plates, made for the work by Jan Luyken one of the best Dutch painters of his time, rank among his best productions. VERY RARE. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.
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