Klubbat för:

4000 SEK

Estimate

6 000-8 000 SEK

Description

PALESTINE. (2). RELAND, ADRIAN. Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata. I-II. Trajecti Batavorum (Utrecht, ex libraria Guilielmi Broedelet) 1714.

Small 4:o (about 200x150 mm.). (10), (3), 4-511, (1), (5), 516-1068, (94), pp. Extra engraved title, 2 titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 1 folding engraved portrait, 1 folding engraved genealogical table, 1 folding engraved plate, 10 partly folding engraved maps (one with tears or mended tears in the foldings), 10 text engravings, 3 engraved headpieces, 1 engraved illustrated initial, 1 printed folding table.
Contemporary vellum, worn, somewhat soiled, manuscript spine labels. Some minor wormimg in inner margin of vol. I. Minor foxing. Signature on title of J. J. Lieungh. 2 volumes.

Adrian Reland (1667-1718), Dutch Orientalist, geographer, cartographer, professor of Oriental languages and ecclesiastical antiquities at the university of Utrecht.
This was for many years the standard authority on the Holy Land

Auktionsnummer:

6123

Date:

2019-06-14