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Early works to 1800, Description and travelPlaces
Arabian Peninsula, Middle EastShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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t' Amtserdam [sic]
Edition Notes
Printed in double columns.
Added engraved t. p. Some plates and in-text ill. signed by Johannes Kip, Charles Vasteau, Cornelis Decker. Map of Arabia signed by Meurs.
Signatures: *p4s a-2yp4s A-2Sp4s.
Includes indexes.
Errata, last p. of both sections.
The [15] plates are double page, tipped onto stubs at centerfold in c. 1, bound in at left margin and folded in c. 2.
Binding, c. 1: vellum, blind tooled with double frames and central medallions. Edges sprinkled red & blue. Two pairs of cloth ties at foredge. Copy 2: vellum, blind tooled with double frames and central medallions, with additional tooling in gilt along margins of boards and on spine. Edges sprinkled red & blue. Two ribbon place markers.
Copy 1 has bookplate and signature of David Dunlop, and printed label of John Landwehr. Signature of Meyer Elte (bookseller at The Hague), dated April 1919.
Copy 2 has bookplate of marquess of Donegall (i.e. Arthur Chichester, 1st marquess, d. 1799; Franks 5730); it is signed by Samuel Yates as engraver. Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed P.S. Property stamp of American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
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