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Dapper, Olfert (1636-1689) Naukeurige Beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant.
Amsterdam: By Jacob van Meurs, 1677.
Second edition, folio, engraved title; typographical title printed in red and black; half title present; two parts in one volume; illustrated with folding engraved maps of Syria and Palestine (map of Palestine torn at the center fold); 10 plates in the first part and 37 in the second part (including full-, double-page, and maps); numerous text engravings throughout; bound in full period parchment (boards detached, preliminaries detached; staining to contents, occasional tears and holed); 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.
An armchair travel writer, Dapper wrote and published very popular illustrated books on Africa, China, India, and the Holy Land without leaving Amsterdam.
