Antique Print-MARRIAGE-WEDDING CEREMONY-BENGAL-INDIA-VOC-Schouten-1775

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XL – Plate: ‘Trouw-Houwelyks-Ceremonien by de Mooren gebruykelijk.’ (Mariage ceremonies as customary with the Morish / Muslims.) In January 1664 in the Bengal Kingdom, present day India and Bangla-Desh.

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‘XL’

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20 x 25,8 cm. (7,9 x 10,2 inch). Image size: 14,7 x 18,8 cm. (5,8 x 7,4 inch).

From: ‘Wouter Schoutens, Reys-Togten naar en door Oost-Indien …’ (Wouter Schoutens travels into the East Indies), 1775 edition with newly engraved plates, published in Amsterdam.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Wouter Schouten’.

Condition: Very good, given age. Original fold as issued General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: MARRIAGE-WEDDING CEREMONY-BENGAL-INDIA-VOC

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