$308
Verken, Johann (fl. circa 1613) Eylffter Schiffart ander Theil, oder Kurtzer Verfolg und Continuirung der Reyse, so van den Hol- und Seelandern in die Ost Indien. Frankfurt am Main: Erasmo Kempffer, in verlegung Levini Hulsii, 1613. First edition, first issue, vignette of sailing ships to title, illustrated with four engravings; disbound, text browned, engravings a deeper brown, engravings may be lacking material, each ends at the fore-edge, trimmed with loss, A-X4; 7 3/4 x 6 in. The text consists of an account of a voyage to the East Indies made under the command of Pieter Wilemszoon Verhoeff, for the purpose of taking the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) from the Portuguese. A section of almost 100 pages after the text contains German sentences translated into Malaysian and Malagasy. The work is also cited in scholarship concerning the dodo. Estimate $300-500 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-11-11
