Frederik Muller Rare Books BV (55 resultados)

London, 1993Hardback, illustrated catalogue.Includes list of prices obtained.Aboussouan's focus of collection was the stream of ideas from the East to the West in European history.

London 1989Hardcover, 636 pagesCatalogue of one of the most complete collections of books on Greece and the Orient.

Leyden, van der Aa, 1706Two books, three journals, in one volumein folio, modern half black morocco paper over boardsCarpini and Ascelin: title page with engraving; 50 columns on 25 pp; last page: register. Four text engravingsOne plate. ANDRubruk: engraved title page; 2 folding maps on one sheet; 36 columns on 18 pp including 5 text engravings.Maps are:Kaart van Tartaryen.Carpin, anno 1246-1247, 16x22,5cmKaart van TartaryenRubruquis, anno 1253. 16x22,5cmThese journals give testimony to the earlier European Embassies to the Great Khan. Johan Carpini's, a Franciscan friar, Embassy to the Mongol Kham at Quaraqorum was the very first of its kind. It was ordered by Pope Innocent IV. His report is also quoted by Ramusio and Richard Hakluyt.Ascelin was a Dominican Friar, sent by the same Pope a few years later to dissuade the Mogol general Baichu of hostilities towards the Christians in Turkey. Rubruquius, Rubruck, Ruysbroek was a Franciscan friar from Flandres whose Embassy was for Louis XI (of France) to the Great (Mangu) Khan in Mongolia and Qaraqorum. (Howego, C49;A125 and R82).

Leyden, van der Aa, 1706In folio, modern half black morocco and paper over boardsTitle page with engraving; 44 columns on 22 pp and 5 plates in the text.Title page with engraving 2 n lvs; 2 folding maps; 204 columns on 102 pp; 4 plates in the text; 4 nn lvs, indexMaps are:Rauwolfs reystocht door de Levant., 16x22,5cm, andRauwolfs landreyze van Aleppo naar Babylonyen, 16x22,5cm. Rauwolf was a German physician, botanist and traveller from Augsburg.The first is the voyage of Joao de Castro, explorer and geographer, from Goa, the capital of Portuguese Asia to the Red Sea to wipe out Turkish war ships. His description of Socotra and the west coast of the Red Sea remained the most accurate available till the XIX century.The second is an extensive description of the Middel East and Persia with special emphasis on anthropology and natural history.

Woodcut map, printed in rice paper.Colored in two more goes of other woodblocks with color: green and yellowApart from being informative and beautiful the map stands out using two and three dimensions in one and the same print. The province is shown in two dimensions emerging into a third dimension: mount Fuji.

Leyden, van der Aa, 1706In folio, modern black half morocco and paper over boardsTitle page with engraving; 66 columns on 33 pp; 2 pp, register. Last page blank. 25 plates in the text.Maps are:Kaart vanPanama till Peru, 16x22,5cm, Pizarro andKaart van Reis van Brabant tot Marocco, 16x22,5cm. Nicolaas ClenardThis is the story of the Conquest of the Inca Empire under Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro. A first exploring voyage occurred in 1524, a second in 1526 which eventually touched Peru in Paita and Chiclayo, and third set off in early 1530 after Pizarro had obtained the necessary credentials in Spain to conquer Peru. He left with 181 men and 37 horses eventually reaching Tumbes, Peru in May 1532. He founded present day Piura on the coast and went inland, met Atahualpa, the Inca emperor, in Cajamarca and had him killed after delivering a huge ransom in gold (July 1533). He then followed the Royal Road over the Andes as far South as Cusco where he was joined by Almagro who had arrived with reinforcements from Panama. They destroyed the Inca capital. In January 1535 Pizarro founded Lima, la ciudad de los Reyes. The 25 engravings, illustrating the story, are largely made after the ones Theodor de Bry had made in his book VI of the Grands Voyages, 1595. (after Howego P 108-111).

Manuscript sketch of Railways,Existing and planned, brown ink on papercirca 188528x43 cmDrawing: 28x28 cmPaper with J Whatman 1880 watermarkPaper stamped in purple ink: ADMINISTRATION of AMERICAN RAILROAD SECURITIESDirectors Wertheim & Gompertz, Westendorp & Co, F W OrwelRailway map sketched on paper in pencil and then drawn in brown ink. Handcoloured red existing lines, blue planned lines. Area covered: west of Chicago up to Omaha and North to South between St Paul and Kansas CityAuthor probably Dutch , Michigan Meer (= lake in Dutch). Wertheim and Gompertz were Dutch bankers since 1843 and investing in Railroad Securities was common at the time.At the start of the civil war, in 1861, there were only 3 or 4 railroads connecting Milwaukee and Chicago with the western plains. Trains could reach la Crosse, Dubuque and Waterloo and Cedar Rapids (Vance 1995) . The expansion of the Mid-Western Railroad system after the civil war was especially important to transfer agrarian products, not only passengers, towards the big cities of Chicago and Milwaukee. Even more important was to reach the river systems that drained on the Missouri, Illinois and especially Mississippi basins provided logic to the rapid railroad development of the period (between 1880 and 1900).

No Binding. Condición: Fine. Three maps and full description in Dutch from Caert Tresoor, Middelburg, the Netherlands, 1598.Tibbetts 1978, map 54 The first map exclusively dedicated to Arabia is in the Ptolemy edition, in Rome of 1478. This is the Sexta Asiae tabula. The first modern depiction of Arabia is in Waldseemuller's Carta Marina of 1516 of which one copy only is known to exist. Further modern features are shown in Sebastian Munster's Geographia of 1540. The first printed modern map is Arabia Felix Nova Tabula by Gastaldi in 1548. That map was copied and enlarged by Ruscelli in 1561. The next innovations in the mapping of Arabia has its sources in the Portuguese, maritime cartography, based the exploration of the Asian waters and lands from Vasco da Gama 1498 onwards. When in the late XVI century the Dutch became dominant in printed maps and charts one of their pioneers, Petrus Plancius, obtained a fine set of Portuguese manuscript maps made by Lasso. They served as the basis for the map of the Indian Ocean as published in Linschoten's Itinerario of 1596. The map of Arabia, described here is a direct derative from that Linschoten map. Arabia The Langenes map closely follows (Lasso) van Linschoten. It is quite distinct from the Porro map of the same date. On our map the bays are shown in distinct detail and places are clearly indicated: the result of direct observation. The Tropic of Cancer cuts the map in a northern and Southern part, above it Ayaman and under it Arabia Foelix. Present day Yemen is called Zebit after its mayor harbor at the Red Sea. Just under 23 ½ degree is Consida al Ziden (Djedda) and Mecha (Mecca); above it Medina talnabi ubiMahumetis sepulchrum visitor. The utmost southern point is Aden.

Leyden, van der Aa, 1706In folio, remboitage in contemporary, stiff vellumtitle in manuscript on the spine; Cavendish: title page with engraving; 38 columns on 19 pp. Last page blank. 4 plates in the text.Knivet: title page with engraving; 1 folding map; 42 columns; last page: register. 4 plates in the text.Drake: : title page with engraving; 1 folding map; 28 columns over 14 pp; 5 engravings in the text; one nn leaf: RegisterKeeling: 1 nn leaf; 36 columns over 18 pp; 3 plates in the text; 1 nn leaf, RegisterMaps are:Aartkloot, planisphere of the world. 16x22,5cm, Cavendish Mar del Nort, Atlantic Ocean, 16x22,5cm. KnivetAartkloot, planisphere of the world, 16x22.5 cm. DrakeThe first report is on the third circumnavigation ever, the one under Thomas Cavendish,1586-89 and the second (Knivet), failed circumnavigation by the same between 1591 and 1593. Thomas Cavendish was an exception among the discoverers. He was educated at Christ College in Cambridge.Sir Francis Drake, probably the best known English discoverer, found on his first (only the second ever) voyage around the world, 1577-1579, that Tierra del Fuego was an island, not part of a southern continent. Sailing North Drake made landings to attack the Spanish settlements and came as far North as Cabo Blanco. A bit further South Drake envisioned to found New Albion, in the San Francisco area at 38 degrees N. Once back in England the results were kept secret. The first full publication of the voyage occurred in 1628 titled The world encompassed. The second and third voyage reported on here were to the Caribbean and involved many confrontations with the Spanish settlers there.William Keeling was a British naval commander who undertook various voyages to the East Indies from 1604 onward and ended 1614-1616 as commander of the British fleet in the east.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. The first printed edition of the rules of St Benedict is from 1489. Between the editions in all languages, this is number 39 and very rare. The last time it appeared at the market was in 1953.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius 1609(Koeman Me 19)Copperplate engraving35x49,5 cmVerso: French textContemporary colorCondition: a bit crumpy in the lower, central; fold. No loss.This attractive, early map of some of the main islands of the Caribbean is also looked for because it includes the first printed image of the harbor and city of Havana, portus celiberimus totius indiae occidentalis, the most famous port of the Caribbean.

No Binding. Condición: Fine. 1535 - B/W as issued - some browning on the fold - spot in lower margin.

No Binding. Condición: Fine. 1535 - B/W as issued - some browning on the fold - spot in lower margin.

Augsburg, c. 1740Copper plate engraving50x57 cmIn contemporary colorSlightly rumpled and strengthened on the fold.Still a highly attractive map with each and every wind a name in six languages, starting in Greek and the four seasons as cartouches in each corner of the map.

Amsterdam, Valk and Schenk 1708Koeman, Cellarius 3, map 7Copperplate engraving42,5x50 cmContemporary colorGood, clean condition, strengthened for a few cm at the back of the map to avoid a break of the original copper green.Later edition by Valk and Schenk of the original Cellarius map from his Harmonia Macrocosmica seu Atlas Universalis et Novus or Atlas Coelestis of1660. The only change is the name of the author.

Engraved by Tobias LotterAugsburg, c. 1740(Hubbard nr 90)Copper plate engraving47x55 cmVerso: no textContemporary colorCondition; no repairsThe map is after Engelbert Kaempfer's map of 1727 as recognized in the title and cartouche where Kaempfer is drawing a map of Japan after aJapanese example held up for him. The cartouches were usually in black and white so this one may be colored later though improbable given the paper used in printing.

Cotejado con el codice original por Jose Amador de los RiosMadrid, Imprenta Audiencia de la Historia 1851-1855Palau 89532; Sabin 579904 Vols in large, thick quartoModern, red, grained morocco; spine, raised bands and gilt titles Vol I: Frontis with Coat of Arms; 56 lvs Life and works of Oviedo; 632 pp; 5 plates. 1 Leaf: errataVol II: 4 lvs; 512 pp; 1 plate and two (one folding) mapsVol III: 4 lvs; 652 pp; 1 plate; one mapVol IV: 4 lvs; 620 pp; 4 plates, one folding and colored mapComplete set. Browning of the lithographed plates as usual. Maps and text are fine.Oviedo spent 20 years in the New World, mostly in Colombia and Hispañola. He arrived in 1505. He was the first to write a natural history of the Indies, Oviedo de la natural hystoria published in 1526. He was also the author of an early history of the Americas, la La historia general de las Indias. The first 19 parts of his historia were published in 1535 by Cromberger in Sevilla, part 20 appeared for the first time in Ramusio in 1551. The following 30 parts are published for the first time here, in 1851-55.Magnifica edicion en todos conceptos, tanto por el merito historico y literario, como por la presentacion nitida (Palau).

No Binding. Condición: Fine. Mare Rubrum from the atlas, Caert Tresoor, Middelburg, the Netherlands, 1598.Tibbetts 1978, map 56 The first map exclusively dedicated Arabia and the Red Sea is in the Ptolemy edition, in Rome of 1478. It is called Sexta Asiae tabula. The first modern depiction of Arabia and the Red Sea is in Waldseemuller's Carta Marina of 1516 of which one copy only is known to exist. The first printed modern map of Arabia and the Red Sea is Arabia Felix Nova Tabula by Gastaldi in 1548. Tibbets calls the Gastaldi 1548 map the first printed map to specifically deal with Arabia. That map was copied and enlarged by Ruscelli in 1561. In that same year, 1561 Gastaldi produced a larger map seconda parte dell'Asia including Arabia. The map takes innovations from Portuguese maritime sources, based the exploration of the Asian waters and lands from Vasco da Gama 1498 onwards. Starting with Ortelius the Dutch became dominant in printed maps and charts. One of their pioneers, Petrus Plancius, obtained a fine set of Portuguese manuscript maps made by Lasso. They served as the basis for the map of the Indian Ocean as published in Linschoten's Itinerario of 1596. The map of the Red Sea here described is directly derived from that Linschoten map. The Red Sea is shown here for the first time as stand-alone printed map. Red Sea The Langenes map closely follows (Lasso) van Linschoten. It is quite distinct from the Porro map of 1596. On our map the bays are shown in distinct detail and places are clearly indicated: the result of direct observation. The emphasis is totally on the sea and sea shore. Present day Yemen shows Zebit after its mayor harbor at the Red Sea. Further North is Medina tabijabi ubi Mahumetis sepulchrum visitor, the place where Mohammed is buried. The utmost southern point is Aden. On the African side of the Red Sea many more places are shown than on for example Ortelius map Turcicum Imperium 1570.

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. Garneray, son of the painter Jean Francios, joined the French navy in 1796, was captured by the English in 1806. He spent the next 8 years in UK prisons. After his release he became a professional painter, like his father. In 1833 he became director of a museum in Rouen, France, and one of the pioneers of the aquatint technology. A peintre official de la Marine he completed views of most known French harbours and also 40 views of foreign harbours. Ours is one of them. The image of Havana is finely detailed and a flawless example.

Amsterdam, Joost Hartgens. 1648(Tiele Memoire nr. 71 and nr 77)In small quarto. Modern half calfTwo books in one volumeSpilbergen: pp 3-62, six woodcut plates in the textL' Hermite: pp 3-60, ten woodcuts and seven copper plate engravings in the text.Lacking the two title pages.Spilbergen's was the fifth circumnavigation ever after Magellan; Drake; Cavendish and van Noort. The voyage took place between 1614 and 1618. Spilbergen was an accomplished admiral who had sailed for the VOC to the Indies (Ceylon) before. He was sent again by the VOC to discover new territories, chart the Magellan's Straits and damage Spanish interests in South America and the Philippines where possible. He landed in Brazil, mapped Magellan's Strait, fought Spanish settlements in Chile, Peru and Mexico and sailed to the Philippines. Once in Batavia he picked up le Maire and the rest of his crew who had been arrested in Batavia for breaching VOC laws by sailing to the Indies without VOC consent. Le Maire denied this as he did not sail through Magellan's Straits (as specified in the VOC laws) but around Cape Horn!! The Schouten version of his voyage with le Maire is no part of our volumes. Instead the voyage around the world by l' Hermite is added, apparently to unite Dutch circumnavigations.Jacques l'' Hermite was sent out to attack the Spanish possessions and frustrate the Spanish dominance in the Pacific, considered by Spain a Spanish lake. Spain and the Netherlands had just finished a 12 years truce (1609-1621) in a war of independence that took 80 years (1568-1648). L'Hermite sailed in May 1623 and returned in January 1626.In 1625 two letters were published in Holland, translated from Spanish, that recount the information of the first parts of l' Hermite's voyage given by a Dutch sailor, taken prisoner of war in Lima. The first full publication was by Gerritszoon and Wachter in Amsterdam in 1626. That book had 9 plates. A second edition of that book forms part one of another publication by Wachter in 1643. In 1646 a third edition is included in the Commelin series of Dutch voyages. In this 1646 edition a description of Peru is added plus a letter by de Quiros. Ours, the fourth edition is complete in itself, missing the 1646 description of Peru (pp 61-70) and Keyes description of Guyana.So the book we offer here contains the full text and all the plates of the fifth circumnavigation of the world (Spilbergen) and the sixth circumnavigation of the world (l' Hermite) missing only the two title pages.

Amsterdam, Hartgens, 1648 (Tiele Mem 143; Landwehr VOC 251 and 198)In quarto, modern quarter calf binding94 pages including one engraved title page.Spilbergen, pp 1-62, one folding plate with 6 images.Van Hagen, pp 62-96. Pp 69-91 is translated from Caspar Balbi being the description from Cochin and Pegu.Voyage to Ceylon (1601-1604) was carried out before the Dutch East India Company, VOC, was created in 1602 and paid for by the Flemish entrepreneur de Moucheron who lived now in Zeeland. Spilbergen established contact between the Dutch and the Ceylon King thus entering competition with the Portuguese monopoly.Van Hagen was in charge of a military expedition between 1603 and 1605 against the Portuguese. He conquered Amboyna and Timor.All Hartgens editions of the Dutch voyages are rare.Bibliography:Unger, W.S. De oudste reizen van de Zeeuwen naar oost Indie, Linschoten Verenbiging, Nijhoff, the Hague 1948.

No Binding. Condición: Very Good.

Amsterdam, Joost Hartgens, 1650Tiele 121In small quarto, recent quarter calf binding102 pp, including title page with woodcut illustration6 text engravings in copper plate as follows:A5r. Inhabitants cape of Good HopeD4r.BantamE1v.Dance at JavaE2v.Council at AmbonE3r.A nobleman from BantamG1r.A woman follows her deceased man into the fireG2r.The island St HelenaThe voyage by Cornelis de Houtman is the first by the Dutch to the Indies (1595-1597). It was also the first foreign intrusion into the dominance of Portugal in SE Asia. The voyage was harsh and difficult: only one ship of the four that sailed, returned safely home after two years, the original fleet having lost 80 percent of its crew.Two different journals of this voyage were published by Langenes in Middelburg in 1597 and 1598, the first under the title Verhael van and the second as the Journaal van. The text of the Verhael is the text that was used by John Woolfe in London for his English edition of the journal in 1598 and by Hulsius to publish his German version in Frankfurt, also in 1598 and by Conrad Loew in Cologne in the same year.The text of the first Amsterdam edition has a different source. It is mainly drawn from the original journal by Willem Lodewijkszoon (Tiele Memoire 111) and another journal of the same voyage by Frank van der Does. It covers the whole voyage. The many inserts (descriptions of cities, countries, notes etc) have various, later sources. The book was printed in Dutch, French and Latin in its first year of printing, 1598. It was re-edited for the Colijn edition in 1617 and again for the Commelin edition of 1646. Ours then, the Hartgens edition would be the fourth re-edition, though the plates, text engraving on copper plate, are completely new.Second edition (first 1648) of Joost Hartgen's pocket edition of the original oblong edition by Claeszoon.BibliographyRouffaer, GP and IJzerman J.W: De eerste schipvaart van de Nederlanders naar Oost Indie, den Haag, Martinus Nijhoff. 1925.

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. From the Petits Voyages, book VIII, Latin edition Frankfurt, de Bry sons. 1607 Copper plate engraving,25,5x 32,5 cm,Ample margins, no restorations The Portuguese were the first to depict Macao in the West. These were unique drawings, not prints. The oldest manuscript images that I am aware of are in a 1636 album by Antonio de Mariz Carneiro. I add an image where you can see the development over time in building fortifications at strategic points on the peninsula. De Bry in his Petits Voyages, publishes an engraved view of the city, a nice and convincing bird's eye view. There are (at least) two states of this first edition of the first printed view of Macao. The first state of the print is published in the German edition of this de Bry volume, published in 1606. The second, ours in the Latin edition in 1607. The differences are marginal. The second state can be distinguished from the first in the addition of a tree on the right hand lower corner. Mariz Carneiro, Antonio de: Descricao da Fortaleza de Sofala e das mais da India. Lisboa, Fundacao Oriente. 1990 Wattis fine art. Early views and maps of Macau, 1570-1890. Hong Kong May 1999.

Nicolaus Henricum, Munchen 1604(Shirley, 245)Copperplate engraving, belonging to the present bookc. 6x12 cm, B/WTitle page of Mayr' s Epitome CronicorumThe small double hemisphere worldmap is worth studying. It is a copper plate engraving. The prime Meridian is at Tenerife. Both hemispheres are split in quarters by a broad band as meridian and equator which leads to a deformation of the continents. Both Poles consist of land and further North (and South) there is sea again. The map suggests both poles are actually water surrounded by land and ice. The southern Pole, around und under the Circulus Antarcti, comes twice further North than the Tropic of Capricorn, once under N. Guina (sic) and once under Java. The land mass is called Terra Incogni(tum). Other names are Fuego (under the Americas); Psitaco(rum) region under Africa) and Beach, Lecath (Lucach) and Maletur (under Java). Japan is connected to ChinaIn the Americas we note: Anian; Hisp(ania) nova; Peru; Chile; Chica, R.(io) de la Plata; Brasil; plata, the metal; Caribana; MOR (=¿ Mexico?), Florida and No(va) Fran(cia)In Africa: Barbaria; Cabo bon speitexa (Speranza); Quituo; Aegypt(o).In Europa: Hispan(ia) and RussiaIn Asia: Arabia; persia; goa; Mogor; India; Mala(ca); Japon; cataio and TartariaThe map seems to be of Italian design (stippled Oceans, spelling of the names; fine lettering, but Italy is NOT shown on the map. It is so rare that Shirley mentions the map but has not seen one and no image in his standard reference work. One could still think the failure to show Italy, or the land connection of Japan are due the small scale of the map. The open sea at the South Pole however, is on purpose and quite unusual for the time.

(Sabin 38284; Streeter 3511; Lada Mokarski 80)Three parts in one volumeIn quarto (28x23 cm), uncut; barbed paperOriginal editors binding of paper over boardsTitle on paper label on the spine23 nn lvs; 168 pp; 176 pp; 240pp, 3 nn lvs XVIII pp (subscribers list)16 copper plate engravings of which 15 in contemporary color4 double page aquatints in sepia6 folding maps2 tablesContents:1-21: Introduction by Krusenstern21-72: History of exploring the NW passage 72-92: Instructions for the voyage92-168: Exploration northern Pacific with a.o. maps of Behring Str. and Kotzebue Sound1-148: Exploration of Alaska- California149-176:Analysis of this part by Krusenstern1-240:Mainly Adelbert von Chamisso's exploration of nature and Pacific languages in the style of his contemporary Alexander von Humboldt.Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) was a naval officer and discoverer at the service of Russia. He was born in Reval, now Tallinn, Estland. Between 1803 and 1806 he sailed under von Krusenstern the Pacific visiting Japan and China. Ours is the report he wrote as commander of a second Russian voyage around the world between 1815 and 1819. This voyage was financed by the Russian count Nicolae Roemjanev. Its purpose was to find the passage north of Russia but this time entering form the East, not the West and the exploration and mapping of parts of the northern Pacific. A first exploration concerned Kamchatka; Behring Strait and Alaska. A later part of exploration covered Hawaii and the Marshall islands.Important exploration report in its original presentation.

Nicolaus Henricum, Munchen 1604(Shirley, 245)Copperplate engravingc. 6x12 cmB/WTitle page of Mayr' s Epitome CronicorumThe small double hemisphere worldmap is worth studying. It is a copper plate engraving. The prime Meridian is at Tenerife. Both hemispheres are split in quarters by a broad band as meridian and equator which leads to a deformation of the continents. Both Poles consist of land and further North (and South) there is sea again. The map suggests both poles are actually water surrounded by land and ice. The southern Pole, around und under the Circulus Antarcti, comes twice further North than the Tropic of Capricorn, once under N. Guina (sic) and once under Java. The land mass is called Terra Incogni(tum). Other names are Fuego (under the Americas); Psitaco(rum) region under Africa) and Beach, Lecath (Lucach) and Maletur (under Java). Japan is connected to ChinaIn the Americas we note: Anian; Hisp(ania) nova; Peru; Chile; Chica, R.(io) de la Plata; Brasil; plata, the metal; Caribana; MOR (=¿ Mexico?), Florida and No(va) Fran(cia)In Africa: Barbaria; Cabo bon speitexa (Speranza); Quituo; Aegypt(o).In Europa: Hispan(ia) and RussiaIn Asia: Arabia; persia; goa; Mogor; India; Mala(ca); Japon; cataio and TartariaThe map seems to be of Italian design (stippled Oceans, spelling of the names; fine lettering, but Italy is NOT shown on the map. It is so rare that Shirley mentions the map but has not seen one and no image in his standard reference work. One could still think the failure to show Italy, or the land connection of Japan are due the small scale of the map. The open sea at the South Pole however, is on purpose and quite unusual for the time.

Mappa Mundi in Bogars, J.Gesta Dei per FrancosIn second part: Liber Secretorum Fidelium CrucisHannover, Wechsel, 1611Shirley 276; Norderskiold Fig 28Copperplate engraving, diameter 34x35 cm.Oriented to the topMappa mundi, possibly by Pietro Vesconte, circa 1320 and reproduced in print by Johannn Bongars in 1611. His book was a manual for true crusadersMedieval circular worldmap, the land mass surrounded by oceans, Jerusalem at the centre. Notable are the rhumb lines, crossing the earth from 16 points at the horizon.

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. Copper plate engraving of the Eastern Orthodox Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos.

Joost HartgensAmsterdam, Adriaan Roest, 1650Tiele, Memoire nr 102 65 pp (last blank)Pp 1&2: Title page with woodcut plate6 original text engravings on copper plateSmall in quartoXIX century cut and rebound in half brown moroccoTitle in gilt on the spineHole in title page in old restoration, probably when rebound. Cut short just affecting a few of the headings.Pp 3-46: The story of the three voyages by the Dutch to find the north-east passage to Cathay (China) in 1594; 1505 and 1596 under Willem Barentszoon and Jacob van Heemskerk. This well-known text, published in 1598 is followed by a summary of Pp 46&47:the fourth voyage North for the Dutch, the third by Henry Hudson in 1609. This includes the exploration of North America's East coast about 40 degrees North motivated by letters and maps sent to him by Captain Smith and his exploration of what later became the Hudson river. Pp 48-52: Isaac Massa's description of Siberia, Samojeda en TingoessaPp 52-60: Isaac Massa's description of the roads and rivers going east from MoscoviaPp 60-64: Johannes Pontanus: Plea to discover a NE or NW passage based on the history up till 1586Second Hartgens imprint (first 1648). All Hartgens editions of the early Dutch voyages to the East are rare.Bibliography:Muller, Samuel. Detectio Freti Hudsoni, Amsterdam, Muller 1878S.P l' Honore Naber. Hessel GerritszBeschrijvinghe the Hague, Nijhoff 1924S.P l' Honore Naber. Reizen van Willem BarentsNoorden, the Hague, Nijhoff 1917. 2 VolsAsher, G.M. Henry Hudson de Navigator, London, Haykluyt Soc. , 1860Beke, Charles T, True description of the three voyages by the NE towards Cathay and China London, Hakluyt 1853.