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Auction archive: Lot number 58

Olfert Dapper – Study of Syria and Palestine – Amsterdam, 1677 – Engravings and Maps

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Auction archive: Lot number 58

Olfert Dapper – Study of Syria and Palestine – Amsterdam, 1677 – Engravings and Maps

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Naukeurige Beschryving van Gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant, by Olfert Dapper. Amsterdam: Jacob Van Meurs 1677 (on engraved title: 1678). Dutch. Two parts in one volume. Comprehensive study of Syria and Palestine, by Olfert Dapper (1639-1689), Dutch writer, historian and geographer. The book includes an engraved title page, 38 engraved plates [out of 39], most are double-spread or folded, and in-text engravings. Among the engravings: maps and engravings that depict Syria, Damascus and Tripoli; maps of Palestine, showing the territories of the 12 Tribes of Israel; maps and illustrations of Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Bethlehem (among them a folding panorama of Jerusalem); a depiction of Jaffa viewed from the sea, and more. [5] leaves (including the engraved title page), 262, [8], 312, 321-344, 337-581, [7] pp + [38] engraved plates (out of 39), 30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Small worming damage, stains and some blemishes. Small tears to the margins of some leaves and plates. Tears to Panorama of Jerusalem (along the folding lines). The first title page is trimmed at the bottom (affecting the printer's details and the year). Ownership signatures on front endpapers. Original vellum binding, slightly stained. Tears along spine and some blemishes.

Auction archive: Lot number 58
Auction:
Datum:
22 Jan 2019
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
Beschreibung:

Naukeurige Beschryving van Gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant, by Olfert Dapper. Amsterdam: Jacob Van Meurs 1677 (on engraved title: 1678). Dutch. Two parts in one volume. Comprehensive study of Syria and Palestine, by Olfert Dapper (1639-1689), Dutch writer, historian and geographer. The book includes an engraved title page, 38 engraved plates [out of 39], most are double-spread or folded, and in-text engravings. Among the engravings: maps and engravings that depict Syria, Damascus and Tripoli; maps of Palestine, showing the territories of the 12 Tribes of Israel; maps and illustrations of Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Bethlehem (among them a folding panorama of Jerusalem); a depiction of Jaffa viewed from the sea, and more. [5] leaves (including the engraved title page), 262, [8], 312, 321-344, 337-581, [7] pp + [38] engraved plates (out of 39), 30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Small worming damage, stains and some blemishes. Small tears to the margins of some leaves and plates. Tears to Panorama of Jerusalem (along the folding lines). The first title page is trimmed at the bottom (affecting the printer's details and the year). Ownership signatures on front endpapers. Original vellum binding, slightly stained. Tears along spine and some blemishes.

Auction archive: Lot number 58
Auction:
Datum:
22 Jan 2019
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
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