Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant [...].

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [10]-262-[5-1 bl.], [2]-581-[7] pp. (occ. min. browning, sm. hole in fold of 1st map).

Cont. calf, richly gilt spine on 6 raised bands, red leather title label (rubbed, front joint split, head & tail sl. def.). Good copy.

First edition of this extensive illustrated description of the Levant by Olfert Dapper (1639-1689), also trsl. in German (1681). Engr. ills: frontisp., 8 double-page maps (i.a. "Syriae sive Soriae"), 22 double-page views of Damascus, Tripolis, Aleppo, Rama, Jaffa, Jerusalem, 7 (of 8, "Balhaoua" missing) full-page pls showing i.a. "Turcksche vrouw-Arabische vrouw", "Derwys", "Quoueli" and 34 half-page ills in text. With 1 extra double-page pl. "Salomonis templum" bound in between pp. 446-447 and not mentioned in the index. General title in red and black. Text in 2 col. Ref. Tiele 301. - Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 141f. - STCN. - BL. - Bn-Opale plus. Prov. On 1st flyleaf: the book was a gift to a friend (20th-c. note).