Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten van Egypten, Barbaryen, Lybien, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopiën, Abyssinie [...].

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [10]-728-[18], [2]-120-[4] pp. (occ. foxing and soiling).

Contemp. calf, spine with 6 raised bands (head def., corners bumped). Otherwise a good copy.

First. ed. of one of the most authoritative 17th-c. accounts on Africa, although the author, the Dutch physician and writer Olfert Dapper (1636-1689), never visited the area. Engr. ill. with a folding map, a folding plate, 45 double-page and 56 in-text engr. depicting local fashion, flora, fauna and cities.
Ref. Tiele 298. - STCN 843002174.