Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

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Jan Huygen van Linschoten | Itinerarium, Amsterdam, 1644, vellum, E.M. Satow's copy

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May 13, 02:18 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Jan Huygen van Linschoten


Itinerarium, ofte schip-vaert nae Oost ofte Portugaels Indien (Reys-gheschrift vande Navigatien der Portugaloysers in Orienten; Beschrijvinge vande gantsche Custe van Guinea, Manicongo, Angola, Monomotapa en tegen over de Cabo de S. Augustijn in Brasilien). Amsterdam: Evert Cloppenburgh, 1644


3 parts in one, folio (300 x 201mm.), half-title, two titles within engraved border, third title with engraved device depicting a ship and four ports, engraved portrait of the author, 31 double-page engraved plates, with blank leaf g4 at end of third section, contemporary vellum, lacking the 5 folding plates and 6 folding maps, some staining, one plate damaged and repaired, upper hinge broken; sold not subject to return


An important work on the sea routes of west Africa, Brazil, India, and the East and West Indies, together with Linschoten's account of his travels in the Orient.


LITERATURE:

European Americana 644/97-99; STCN 853151873


PROVENANCE:

Ernest Mason Satow, British Legation, Yedo, bookplate. Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) was a career diplomat whose first posting was in Japan (Yedo is modern Tokyo) and he was a founding member of the Asiatic Society of Japan.

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