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LOT 399
SOLD €270,00

[Extremely rare travel anthology] De waereld in 't klein,

of de Spoedige reiziger, geevende een beknopt verhaal van al het geene in alle landen, nuttig, nodig en wetenswaardig is, als de gelegendheid, gewoontens (...) enz. van yder land. Getrokken uit alle de beste reisbeschryvingen, en byzonder gevolgt, naa die van de heer Jan Fransham, en anderen. [By Egbert Buys]. The Hague, H. Bakhuysen, 1762, 2 parts in one volume, VIII,280; (2),228 p., contemporary gilt half leather with morocco letterpiece, small 8vo.

Leaf C2 in volume 1 torn; binding with traces of use (leather is slightly dry). Extremely rare first edition, PiCarta lists only one copy (KB, Waller's copy), WorldCat lists only two. A second (equally rare) edition appeared in 1770. The index lists ca. 250 countries and places around the world, including their positions in degrees and minutes.

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