First edition of Valk's work on astronomy and the use of celestial and terrestial globes
[ZUMBACH VON KOESFELD, Lothar] and Gerard VALK (engraver and publisher).
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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
€ 3,500
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
together with the fourth and best edition of the "Pilgrimage" - with many extra plates" title="One of the greatest of English travel books: the first edition of the "Pilgrimes"