Adventurous travels in the Dutch East Indies, beautifully illustrated with 15 plates, including 3 on elephant hunting and 1 on crocodile hunting



SAAR, Johann Jacob.
Ost-Indianische Funfzehen-Jährige Kriegs-Dienst und wahrhaftige Beschreibung ...
Nuremberg, printed by Wolfgang Eberhard Felssecker and sold by Johann Tauber, 1662. Oblong 8vo. With an engraved title page of a ship engaged in a sea battle, an engraved portrait of the author, and 15 engraved plates. Further with woodcut tailpieces, woodcut decorated initials, and headpieces built up from typographic ornaments. Set in fraktur type with incidental schwabacher, roman, and italic. Contemporary vellum. [12], 50, 170, "20" [= 18], [12] pp. Full description
€ 17,500
Nuremberg, printed by Wolfgang Eberhard Felssecker and sold by Johann Tauber, 1662. Oblong 8vo. With an engraved title page of a ship engaged in a sea battle, an engraved portrait of the author, and 15 engraved plates. Further with woodcut tailpieces, woodcut decorated initials, and headpieces built up from typographic ornaments. Set in fraktur type with incidental schwabacher, roman, and italic. Contemporary vellum. [12], 50, 170, "20" [= 18], [12] pp. Full description