de Veer, Gerrit (c. 1573-1598) Diarium Nauticum seu Vera Descriptio Trium Navigationum Admirandarum.

de Veer, Gerrit (c. 1573-1598)
Diarium Nauticum seu Vera Descriptio Trium Navigationum Admirandarum. Folio, [bound with] Willem Lodewijcksz's (d. 1604)
Prima Pars Descriptionis Itineris Navalis in Indiam Orientalem, Amsterdam: Nicolaius, 1598; the Lodewijcksz illustrated with large engraved map of the Eastern hemisphere on title, forty-eight large, almost all half-page text engravings illustrating indigenous people, plants, animals, nautical views, one leaf with a view folded at fore-edge, one engraving of coins printed on a leaf not integral to a signature; and approximately thirty-eight text woodcuts most showing coastal profiles and anchorage charts for mariners; the de Veer illustrated with a large engraving to title illustrated in separate panels depicting highlights of the adventure, thirty half-page text engravings, and one full page map, de Veer's
Nova Zembla; the two works bound together in 18th century quarter sheepskin and paste paper boards, worn, spine mostly gone; 18th and 19th century inscriptions to ffep, library blind stamp to first title; contents with some spotting and minor defects, spotting, at least one minor marginal paper repair, 12 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. Amsterdam: ex Officina Cornelius Nicolaius, 1598.