Dapper | Naukeurige Beschryving van Morea, 1688

GREECE AND THE LEVANT, A PRIVATE LIBRARY, LOTS 157-213

DAPPER, OLFERT

Naukeurige Beschryving van Morea, eertijts Peloponnesus; en de Eilanden, Gelegen onder de kusten van Morea, en binnen en buiten de Golf van Venetien. Amsterdam: Woflgangh, Waesbergen, Boom, Someren and Goethals, 1688

FIRST EDITION, folio (314 x 200mm.), title printed in red and black, additional engraved title, 3 folding maps, 8 double-page plates and maps, 6 single-page plates, illustrations in the text, contemporary calf, gilt stamp on upper cover "Military Depot" with royal arms, Zante plate bound upside down, rebacked retaining original spine

Although Dapper (1636-1689) is thought never to have left his native Holland, his publications became well known during his lifetime, and this work was later translated into French in 1703. The work is notable for its fine plates, some after Coronelli.

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