Books and Manuscripts · Lot 3052
[Levant]. Somer, J.
Zee en Landt Reyse, Gedaen naer de Levante, Als Italien, Candien, Cypres, Egypten, Rhodes, Archipelago, Turckyen: en wederom door Duytslant. Amst., J. van den Bergh, 1661, 3rd ed., 47 lvs., 6 engr. ills., sl. later wr.
- Lot
- 3052
- Section
- OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Estimation
- 200 € – 300 €
- Adjugé
- 230 €
- Photos
- 1 photo
État
Sl. thumbed and soiled.
Remarques
Tiele 1014; Cat. NHSM p.54f. Not in Blackmer etc. Rare account of the voyage of Jan Somer to the Levant and back to Middelburg in the years 1590-1592. The plates depict i.a. a marriage at sea in Venice, the colossus at Rhodes and the pyramids in Egypt. The first edition was published in Amsterdam, 1649.