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Dapper Olfert. Description de l'Afrique, contenant Les Noms, la Situation & les Confins de toutes ses Parties, leurs Rivières, leurs Villes & leurs Habitations, leurs Plantes & leurs Animaux ; les Moeurs, les Coûtumes, la Langue, les Richesses, la Religion & le Gouvernement de ses Peuples. Avec Des Cartes des Etats, des Provinces & des Villes, & des Figures en Taille-douce, qui représentent les habits & les principales Ceremonies des Habitans, les Plantes & les Animaux les moins connus. Traduite du Flamand [en français] D'O. Dapper, D. M. Amsterdam: Wolfgang, Waeesberge, Boom and van Someren, 1686.
Folio (360 x 220mm). Engraved frontispiece, folding general map, 12 double-page maps, 1 folding plate, 29 double-page plates. Bottom title page and p.23 trimmed (2 cm, without loss of text.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine in seven compartments with raised bands (repaired), tear in p.331 (reinforced)
Mendelssohn I, p.413.
First edition in French of "an important early work on Africa in general, which was translated into several European languages. The original edition was published in Amsterdam in 1668... There is an interesting view of Table Bay and Mountain, with a sketch of the fort.. The illustrations include many views of African ports and towns, and several maps and plans are very curious" (Mendelssohn I, p.414).
Item number: 24276
Price: 6800 Euro
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