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Dapper, Olfert
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12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten van Egypten, Barbaryen, Lybien, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopiën, Abyssinie. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1676
Folio (12 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.; 323 x 197 mm). Title-page printed in red and black, additional allegorical engraved title, large folding engraved map of Africa, 11 smaller folding engraved regional maps of Africa, 31 folding engraved city plans, port and island views, and other views, 56 engraved text illustrations, all engravings colored by an early hand except for the large continental map; many engravings frayed or torn at margins with repair, many with fold separations repaired, some soiling and occasional dampstaining throughout. Contemporary vellum; rebacked, restored, recased.
Folio (12 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.; 323 x 197 mm). Title-page printed in red and black, additional allegorical engraved title, large folding engraved map of Africa, 11 smaller folding engraved regional maps of Africa, 31 folding engraved city plans, port and island views, and other views, 56 engraved text illustrations, all engravings colored by an early hand except for the large continental map; many engravings frayed or torn at margins with repair, many with fold separations repaired, some soiling and occasional dampstaining throughout. Contemporary vellum; rebacked, restored, recased.
Literature
Tiele 298; cf. Mendelssohn I, pp. 413-4
Catalogue Note
A very good, hand-colored copy of Dapper's encyclopedic seventeenth-century survey of Africa. "Description of Africa, containing the names, positions, and limits of all its parts, their rivers, towns, and settlements, plants and animals, the customs, costumes, language, riches, religion, and government of its peoples" (Mendelssohn).