Lot 65
Dapper (Olfert) Description exacte des Isles de l'Archipel, et de quelques autres adjacentes; dont les principales sont Chypre, Rhodes, Candie, Samos, Chio ..., first French edition, Amsterdam, George Gallet, 1703
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Dapper (Olfert) Description exacte des Isles de l'Archipel, et de quelques autres adjacentes; dont les principales sont Chypre, Rhodes, Candie, Samos, Chio ..., first French edition, half-title, additional engraved title, 34 engraved maps and plates, of which 18 folding or double-page, 2 with short tears and old repairs verso, engraved illustrations throughout, title in red and black, occasional faint water-staining, scattered light marginal finger-soiling, contemporary calf, gilt spine, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, cracked upper hinge but holding firm, [Blackmer 453], folio, Amsterdam, George Gallet, 1703.
⁂ The first edition appeared in Dutch at Amsterdam in 1688.
Description
Dapper (Olfert) Description exacte des Isles de l'Archipel, et de quelques autres adjacentes; dont les principales sont Chypre, Rhodes, Candie, Samos, Chio ..., first French edition, half-title, additional engraved title, 34 engraved maps and plates, of which 18 folding or double-page, 2 with short tears and old repairs verso, engraved illustrations throughout, title in red and black, occasional faint water-staining, scattered light marginal finger-soiling, contemporary calf, gilt spine, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, cracked upper hinge but holding firm, [Blackmer 453], folio, Amsterdam, George Gallet, 1703.
⁂ The first edition appeared in Dutch at Amsterdam in 1688.