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362 - Asia Gramaye, Jean-Baptiste
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Estimate €450 - €600
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Asia Gramaye, Jean-Baptiste Asia, sive historia universalis asiaticarum gentium et rerum domi forisque gestarum, a cuiusque origine ad haec tempora mixti passim sacri profanique ritus. With woodcut illustrations. Antwerp, Beller, 1604. 722 pp., 1 folio. 8°. A somewhat later paperback with handwritten spine label and Spanish edges (closing ribbons missing, some worm-eaten marks). Without the copperplate maps and the 2 leaves of errata. – First edition. – Early description of Asia Minor, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia. - Jean-Baptiste Gramaye (1579–1635) was an early modern historian from the Southern Netherlands. He studied law and became a professor at the University of Leuven. He was later appointed court historian by Albert VII, Archduke of Austria. Endpapers with two stamped bookplates (including ‘Franc Com A Thun-Hohenstein Tetschen’) and collector’s stamps. Flying endpapers with handwritten ownership inscriptions. Title page with two collector’s stamps. Slightly browned and partly slightly stained due to the paper. Well preserved. Asia – With woodcut book ornamentation. Later vellum with spine label and Spanish edges (closing bands missing, slightly worm-eaten). Without the engraved maps and the 2 folios of errata. – First edition. – Early description of Asia Minor, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia. - Jean-Baptiste Gramaye (1579–1635) was an early modern historian from the Southern Netherlands. He studied law and became a professor at the University of Leuven. He was later employed by Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, as court historian. - Endpapers bearing two engraved bookplates and a collector’s stamp. Flyleaves with handwritten ownership inscriptions. Title page bearing two collector’s stamps. Paper somewhat browned and slightly stained in places. Well preserved. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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