Los 3557
Valentyn, F.
Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands mogentheyd in die gewesten, benevens eene wydlustige beschryvinge der Moluccos, Amboina, Banda, Timor, en Solor, Java, en alle de Eylanden onder dezelve landbestieringen behoorende (...). Als ook (...) van Choromandel, Pegu, Arracan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Melabar, Celebes of Macassar, China, Japan, Tayouan of Formosa, Tonkin, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, Bali, Kaap der Goede Hoop en van Mauritius. Dordrecht/ Amst., J. van Braam/ G. onder de Linden, 1724-1726, 5 parts in 8 vols., engr. frontisp., 5 ident. title-vignettes, fold. portr. of the author, dedic. leaf, 266 (large) (fold.) maps, plans, views, portraits and plates, 80 textills., contemp. unif. marbled calf w. richly gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, folio.
- Los
- 3557
- Auktion
- Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024
- Abteilung
- OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Schätzpreis
- 10.000 € – 15.000 €
- Zuschlag
- 10.000 €
- Fotos
- 9 Fotos
Zustand
A good/ fine and complete set with all the plates conforming to the binder's instruction in the final volume. With the following minor defects: occas. sl. wormholed (affecting a few maps/ plates); some maps w. usual creasing on fold(s); occas. (sl.) foxed (some leaves browned); some leaves in vol. 3 and 4/1 w. ruststains (occas. w. sm. corrosion holes); all vols. w. owner's entry on title-p. All vols. w. later (20th cent.) endpapers and w. unif. marbled calf over covers matching with the fine contemporary gilt backstrips; joints starting/ splitting; most spine-ends rubbed/ sl. worn.
Anmerkungen
Landwehr, VOC 467; Tiele 1121; Alt Japan Katalog 1570; Cordier, Japonica 426-428; Cordier, Indosinica 927-930; Cat. NHSM I, 502; Mendelssohn IV, p.594. One of the most extensive works and the main old source on the Dutch East Indies with many documents, partly lost by now. Also containing important descriptions of i.a. Cape of Good Hope, China, Japan and Ceylon and 2 early voyages to Australia with interesting maps. For the description of the history of Amboina Valentyn used the unpublished and lost manuscript "Amboinsch Dierboek" by Rumphius. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXL.