Libya, Tripoli, Olfert Dapper, 1668, De Stadt Tripolis

Large copper engraved view of the city of Tripoli in Libya from the water with multiple ships in a sea battle on the foreground.

Published in the first 1668 Dutch edition of Olfert Dapper´s "Naukeurige Beschrijvingen der Afrikaensche gewesten en Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden", popularly known as ´Description of Africa´.

Olfert Dapper’s ‘Description of Africa’ was an ethnographic book which offered a detailed description of the parts of Africa known to Europeans in the mid-seventeenth century. Despite the work being regarded as one of the most important and detailed seventeenth-century publications on Africa, Dapper himself never actually visited the continent. Instead, he relied on the reports of Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. The ‘Description of Africa’ was first published in 1668 by Jacob van Meurs in Amsterdam

Good-very good condition. Very nice hand coloring. Title in Dutch. One small repair in the central fold, only minimally affecting the image. Otherwise excellent. Clean and strong paper with clear watermark.

Image 28,5x35cm, page 31,5x37cm