Naukeurige beschryving van Morea, eertijts Peloponnesus; en de eilanden, gelegen onder de kusten van Morea, en binnen en buiten de Golf van Venetien [...].

Folio: [8]-48, pp. 33-40, 32, pp. 25/56, pp. 25-168, [12]-120-pp. 105/116-pp. 121/164-[6] pp. (front. & title washed, underlaid and with sl. larger margins, stain at first 2 maps and last text f. (because of erasure of ownership stamps), 2nd map partly wrinkled and 1 tear exp. repaired, centerfold strengthened at 3rd map, tiny hole in ff. a*****3 and B1).

Old gilt-tooled speckled calf (scratches), covers with gilt ornament within double gilt-ruled frame and corner-pieces, gilt decor. spine with 6 raised bands, gilt sides, sp. edges. Good copy.

First and only Dutch edition of a description of Greece and the eastern part of the Mediterranean by O. Dapper (1639-1689). Engr. ill.: allegorical front., 6 full-page pl., 29 half-page pl. in text and 11 double-page or folding pl.: 4 maps, i.a. "Peloponnesus sive Morea" by J. Van Meurs, "Nova et accurata Moreae olim Peloponnesus" by J. Blaeu, "Caarte vande golf van Venetien", "Pianta dell. isola di Corfu con parte della Grecia", and 7 nice views, i.a. "De stad en vesting van Navarino", "De stadt Modon", "De stad Napoli di Romania", "De stad en kasteel van Korfu", etc. Title in red and black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. Tiele 303. - Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 141i. - Blackmer 452. - STCN (i.a. BL).