Aa, Pieter van der (1659-1733), publisher and bookseller.

估價

500 - 700 GBP

招標截止

描述

Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste Reysen naar Oost en West-Indiën. Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, [1707]-1707

13 volumes only (of about 28, see footnote), comprising vols. 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12-18, 8vo (176 x 109mm.), illustration: numerous maps and plates throughout, nearly all folding or double-page, binding: uniformly bound in eighteenth-century mottled calf, spines in six compartments with raised bands gilt, red morocco labels in the second and third compartments, ?lacking general title in vol.1, some light browning, some plates slightly creased; sold not subject to return

出版

Sabin 3

拍品資料及來源

A collection of voyages to the East and West Indies, arranged chronologically from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, from 1246 to 1579. The total series continued with accounts of travels up to 1696, comprising a total of 127 separate parts usually divided into 28 'deel' or volumes, though some sets are found in 29 or 30 volumes. The whole work is extensively illustrated with engraved maps and plates.