Antique Plan of Bethlehem by Dapper (c.1680)

Description: Antique print titled ‚Platte Gront van alle d‘onderaertsche plaetsen van Bethlehem met d’opstal der Gemelde plaetsen’. This print originates from ‘Nauwkeurige Beschrijving van gansch Syrie, en Palenstyn of Heilige Lant’ by O. Dapper, Amsterdam, c.1680. Dutch tekst, also on verso.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Olfert Dapper' after an anonymous artist. Made by 'Olfert Dapper' after an anonymous artist. Olfert Dapper (c. 1635 - 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about history and geography, although he never travelled outside Holland. Until today, his book Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for Africanists.