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Dapper, Olfert. ASIA / ODER: AUSFUHRLICHE BESCHREIBUNG DES REICHS DES GROSSEN MOGOLS UND EINES GROSSEN THEILS VON INDIEN. Nurnberg: J. Hoffmann, 1681. (bound with): BESCHREIBUNG DES KONIGREICHS PERSIEN IN SICH HALTEND DIE LANDSCHAFFTEN FARS. Nurnberg: J. Hoffmann, 1681. (and bound with): UMBSTANDLICHE und eigentliche Beschreibung von Asia : in sich haltend die Landschafften Mesopotamien, Babylonien, Assyrien, Anatolien oder Klein-Asien. Nebenst einer vollkommnen Vorstellung des glücklichen, wüsten und steinigten Arabiens ; Durchgehends mit schönen Kupfern als Landcharten ... Aus unterschiedlichen ... Reise-Beschreibungen / 13 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches and 3 1/2 inches thick; in a modern Fine binding of 1/2 leather and patterned board covers. [6], 300pp. plus twenty-eight plates (four of them double-page) and a double-page map; and [2],170,[5]pp. plus eleven plates (eight of them double-page) and three double-page maps; plus 556, (12); With engr. frontispiece, 3 double-page-sized engraved maps, 20 engr. plates (13 double-page-sized, 1 folding), and 8 engravings in the text Dapper's works are famous for the beauty of the engraved plates. "Dr. Olfert Dapper (1636-1689), physician, geographical and historical scholar, was the author of a series of works dealing with Africa, America and Asia. The fine plates [...] are after a number of mapmakers and artists, including Christiaan van Adrichom, Juan Bautitsta Villalpando and Wenzel Hollar among others" (Blackmer). Printed in double column throughout. Condition: Slight scuffing to lower cover; the wonderful engraved plates with fairly extensive professional paper restoration - particularly in the case of folding plates; page 191 chipped with loss of few letters in the printed marginal annotation. In all, still an attractive copy of these very famous 17th Century works by Dapper. Good for reading or reference.