Skip to content
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED | EXPERT ADVICE
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED

Diarium nauticum

itineris Batavorum in Indiam Orientalem, cursuum, tractuum, variorumque eventuum, qui ipsis contiguerunt, diligenter descriptum. [With] Appendix nautici itineris Batavorum in Iavam...

Stock Code 98185

Arnhem, Jan Jansz, 1598

Original price £25,000.00 - Original price £25,000.00
Original price £0.00
£25,000.00
£25,000.00 - £25,000.00
Current price £25,000.00
An anonymous account of the expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman, published in the same year as the Dutch edition (Journael vande Reyse der Hollandtsche Schepen ghedaen in Oost Indien...), the title-page having the same plate. This is the first Latin edition, the Arnhem issue. Two other Latin issues are known, published in Paris and Middleburg, the latter of which is most often seen.

Houtman's voyage, although disastrous in terms of the lives lost, and barely profitable commercially, demonstrated to the Dutch that they could circumvent the Portuguese monopoly on trade with the East Indies. In the year following Houtman's return, twenty-five ships set out from Holland and Zeeland for the spice islands, and thus began the history of the VOC (the Dutch East Indies Company), which was founded in 1602.

First Latin edition. Small oblong folio, [30]; [10] ff., engraved plate to title-page, 10 further plates & 5 maps, with initial letter and colophon; engraved plate to title-page, map of Bali, 24 coastal profiles and a woodcut showing a pair of emu-like birds, with initial letter. Contemporary vellum, slightly cockled, with some light soiling, some early underlining in the text, and neat ownership signature to title-page dated 1600.
Provenance

Provenance: Caspar a Mekerad (ownership inscription to first title-page, dated 1600).

Delivery

We offer secure and express delivery on all local and international orders of rare books, maps and prints placed through this website.

About us

Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

Read more

Ask us a question

Diarium nauticum

[HOUTMAN'S VOYAGE].

Stock code: 98185

£25,000.00

THE BOND STREET EXPERIENCE

An exceptional experience in the heart of London’s Mayfair for not only seasoned collectors but those considering purchasing their first rare book or print.

Guaranteed Authenticity
GUARANTEED AUTHENTICITY
International Delivery
INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY
Meet Our Booksellers
MEET OUR BOOKSELLERS
Free Gift Wrapping
FREE GIFT WRAPPING

BOOK COLLECTING IDEAS

Your cart is empty

Continue shopping

Basket