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. (inside margin of f. a1 strengthened; some minor spotting and browning, esp. in 2nd part).

Contemp. calf, gilt spine with 6 raised bands. Very 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" (sm. tear in blank margin underlaid), "Nova totius Arabiae foelicis, Petraeae et desertae", 13 double-page views (some folding, 4 signed by Ch. Vasteau and one by K. Decker) showing Babel, the Tower (1 fold underlaid), Bagdad, Ninive, Ephese, Smirne (outer margin a bit shorter), Magnesia (c'fold partly underlaid), etc. and 22 half-page ill. in text. Title in red & black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. Tiele 300. - Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 141g. - STCN (i.a. BL ).
Prov. Old ms. entry on title. - Stamp on title and p. 112.