Naukeurige beschryving van Asie: behelsende de gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, of Klein Asie: beneffens eene volkome beschijving van gansch gelukkigh, woest, en petreesch of steenigh Arabie.

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8]-357-[3], 324-[4] pp.

Contemp. calf (min. worming), gilt spine with 6 raised bands (joints rubbed, sm. def. at head & tail), gilt sides, marbled edges. Good copy.

First edition of this detailed description of some Asian Islamic countries and Arabia (part 2) by O. Dapper (1639-1689), also translated in German. Engr. ill.: title, 3 double-page maps ("Delineatio regionis Bassora cum pagis", "Natolia quae olim Asia minor", "Nova totius Arabiae foelicis, Petraeae et desertae"), 12 double-page views (some folding, 4 signed by Ch. Vasteau and one by K. Decker) showing Babel, the Tower, Bagdad, Ninive, Ephese, Smirne, Magnesia, etc. and 22 half-page ill. in-text. Without the double-page botanical pl. not mentioned in the list of plates. Title in red and black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. Tiele 300. - Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 141g. - STCN (i.a. BL ).