Antiquarenbeurs Mechelen
Exhibitor
Florisatus Fine BooksPlein 19 C
2511 CS Den Haag
Netherlands
Contact
Edwin & Liesbeth BloemsaatPhone
+31 (0) 614 270 027 +31 (0) 614 270 027Website
ilab.org/affiliate/florisatus-fine-books-manuscripts-musicalia
First edition of Dappers description of Africa
Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Gewesten van Egypten, Barbaryen, Libyen, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopiën, Abyssinie: Vertoont In de Benamingen, Grenspalen, Steden, Revieren, Gewassen, Dieren, Zeeden, Drachten, Talen, Rijkdommen, Godsdiensten en Heerschappyen. Met Lantkaerten en afbeeldingen van Steden, Drachten, &c. na ?t Leven getekent, en in Kooper gesneden. Getrokken uit verscheyde hedendaegse Lantbeschrijvers en geschriften van bereisde ondersoekers dier Landen. [With:] Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche eylanden.
Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668. Folio (335 x 210 mm).
Engraved frontispiece, title engraving, folding map of Africa, 16 double page maps and plans, 26 double page views and 55 engravings in the text.
Sprinkled calf, richly gilt spine with 6 raised bands. First edition of this extensive description of the North African countries like Egypt, Morocco, Tunesia, the Sahara and the West Coast (with the former Dutch colony St. George del Mina), Ethiopia (the ?Land of the Black?), the various islands like Madagascar, the Canary and Cape Verde islands (including former Dutch settlements like Fort Nassau on Goeree) and the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
The work is based on the early accounts of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers and the journals of Dutch navigators and merchants. Much attention is given to the ivory, gold and slave trade on the West coast.
Not much is said about the settlements on the Cape of Good Hope, but the surrounding tribes are described in great detail.
Dapper (1636-1689) was a Dutch geographer and historian. His books about exotic countries were translated in several languages and popular in many countries, although he never visited any of the places he described.
-Literature: Brunet II, 520; Gay (Afrique) 219 (ed. 1676); Graesse II, 335; Haitsma Mulier/v. d. Lem 141 b-c; NHSM 199 (2nd ed.); Paulitschke 190; Tiele 296-7.
-Condition: Page 125-158 slightly stained; Spine head damaged; In general a very fone copy with strong impressions.
Engraved frontispiece, title engraving, folding map of Africa, 16 double page maps and plans, 26 double page views and 55 engravings in the text.
Sprinkled calf, richly gilt spine with 6 raised bands. First edition of this extensive description of the North African countries like Egypt, Morocco, Tunesia, the Sahara and the West Coast (with the former Dutch colony St. George del Mina), Ethiopia (the ?Land of the Black?), the various islands like Madagascar, the Canary and Cape Verde islands (including former Dutch settlements like Fort Nassau on Goeree) and the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
The work is based on the early accounts of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers and the journals of Dutch navigators and merchants. Much attention is given to the ivory, gold and slave trade on the West coast.
Not much is said about the settlements on the Cape of Good Hope, but the surrounding tribes are described in great detail.
Dapper (1636-1689) was a Dutch geographer and historian. His books about exotic countries were translated in several languages and popular in many countries, although he never visited any of the places he described.
-Literature: Brunet II, 520; Gay (Afrique) 219 (ed. 1676); Graesse II, 335; Haitsma Mulier/v. d. Lem 141 b-c; NHSM 199 (2nd ed.); Paulitschke 190; Tiele 296-7.
-Condition: Page 125-158 slightly stained; Spine head damaged; In general a very fone copy with strong impressions.
€ 5.500
View exhibitor's highlights