Cartography & Exploration

ZORGDRAGER, Cornelis Gijsbertz. and Abraham MOUBACH. Bloeyende opkomst der aloude en hedendaagsche Groenlandsche visschery. Waar in met eene geoeffende ervaarenheit de geheele omslag deezer visscherye beschreeven, en wat daar in dient waargenomen, naaukeurig verhandelt wordt. Uitgebreid met eene korte historische beschryving der noordere gewesten, voornamentlyk Groenlandt, Yslandt, Spitsbergen, Nova Zembla, Jan Mayen Eilandt, de Straat Davis, en al 't aanmerklykste in d'ontdekking deezer landen, en in de visschery voorgevallen. Met byvoeging van de walvischvangst, in haare hoedanigheden, behandelingen, 't scheepsleeven en gedrag beschouwt, door Abraham Moubach.
Amsterdam, Joannes Oosterwyk, 1720. 4to. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece by J. Folkema after F. Ottens, 6 folding engraved maps, and 7 engraved plates (including 1 folding showing ships at sea by A. Salm after Van der Hem). Further with the title page printed in red and black, a small woodcut vignette on the title page, some woodcut decorated initials, and some large woodcut floral tailpieces. Contemporary half sheepskin, marbled paper sides. [38], 330, [14] pp. Full description

[ZUMBACH VON KOESFELD, Lothar] and Gerard VALK (engraver and publisher). 't Werkstellige der sterre-konst ...
Amsterdam, Gerard Valk, [late 17th or early 18th century (ca. 1701?)]. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, and 4 folding engraved plates. Further with a few tables in the text, some woodcut decorated initials, and a woodcut floral tailpiece. Contemporary stiff orange-brown sprinkled paper boards. [1], [1 blank], [2], 140 pp. Full description