- 189
Dapper, Olfert
Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Dapper, Olfert
- Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten van Egypten, Barbaryen, Lybien, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopien, Abyssinie. [with: Naukeurige beschrijvinge de Afrikaensche eyelanden: als Madagaskar, of Sant Laurens, Sant Thomee, d'eilanden van Kanarien, Kaep de Verd, Malta, en andere]. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1676
- paper
Three parts in one, folio (330 x 220mm.), hand-coloured engraved allegorical frontispiece, two printed titles, the first in red and black, large folding plain engraved map, 42 hand-coloured double-page plates, plans and maps, and 56 hand-coloured engraved illustrations in the text, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps and catches, [cf. Mendelssohn I, pp.413-4], some neat repaired tears, light scattered spotting and dust-soiling, expertly rebacked retaining original spine, clasps repaired
Condition
the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Rare hand-coloured copy of Dapper's encyclopaedic seventeenth-century survey of the African continent, including Egypt and Morocco, together with Madagascar, Malta, the Canaries and other islands around the African coast. The work contains "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). The fine double-page plates include views of Cairo, an illustration of a caravan marching out of Cairo to Mecca, the pyramids of Egypt, the Royal Palace of Morocco, a plan of Tangier, a plan of Capt. Kempthorn's engagement in the Mary-Rose with several men-of-war, views of Tunis and Tripoli, the castles of Mina and Cormantine, views of Lovango and Luanda and the Cape of Good Hope, Forts Nassau and Orange, Pike Mountain on Tenerife, a plan of Malta, and others.