Tunisia, Tunis Dapper/Van Meurs, 1670, Thunis

17th century copper engraving with a lovely large panoramic view of the city of Tunis from the sea with ships on the foreground. With index in Dutch (upper left) and English (upper right). Published in the 1670 English edition by Ogilby of Olfert Dapper´s "Naukeurige Beschrijvingen der Afrikaensche gewesten en Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden", popularly known as ´Description of Africa´.

Olfert Dapper’s ‘Description of Africa’ was an ethnographic book which offered a detailed description of the parts of Africa known to Europeans in the mid-seventeenth century. Despite the work being regarded as one of the most important and detailed seventeenth-century publications on Africa, Dapper himself never actually visited the continent. Instead, he relied on the reports of Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. The ‘Description of Africa’ was first published in 1668 by Jacob van Meurs in Amsterdam

Excellent. Clear print, very wide margins. Central fold, as published. Reverse side blank.

Image 26 x 34cm, on page of 31 x 36cm