Details
COMMELIN, ISAAC. Begin Ende Voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Amsterdam, 1646. 2 engraved additional titles, 2 large engraved folding maps and 228 other plates and maps. 21 parts in 2 volumes, oblong 4to, contemporary vellum, old handwritten paper spine labels; some browning and staining, a few marginal tears. Third (and best) edition. Various authorities differ on the number of plates, Sabin states "224 Maps, and Plates," and copy sold in 1986 (Christie's London, Dec. 12, 1986, lot 228) which contained 2 engraved titles, 2 folding maps & 230 plates and maps. Sabin 14959.
Accounts of twenty voyages of exploration undertaken on behalf of the East-India Company with accompanying maps and plates of the natives and wild-life that were encountered. (2)
Accounts of twenty voyages of exploration undertaken on behalf of the East-India Company with accompanying maps and plates of the natives and wild-life that were encountered. (2)
Provenance
Philip Benkard, with his bookplates and ownership stamps.