AMBON-MALUKU ISLANDS-INDONESIA-MARKET [After VALENTIJN-VOC, 1724]

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De Passar, of Markt van Ambon – Het oud ziekenhuis of Raadhuis – Het Nieuw Ziekenhuis – Het Armen Weeshuis. – Scarce original antique print with four images on one sheet: The Passar (Market), the old- and new Hospital and the Orphanage in Ambon, Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

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De Passar, of Markt van Ambon – Het oud ziekenhuis of Raadhuis – Het Nieuw Ziekenhuis – Het Armen Weeshuis.

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 39,2 x 31,5 cm. Image size: 38,2 x 29,7 cm.

From the monumental work by François Valentyn: “Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands mogentheyd in die gewesten”. Dordrecht/Amsterdam: J. van Braam en G. onder de Linden, 1724/1726. (Transl.: Old and new East-Indies, including an accurate and extensive description of Dutch / VOC controlled territories.)

Made by F. Ottens after Francois Valentijn / VOC sources. François Valentijn / Valentyn (1666-1727), was a Dutch minister, naturalist and author. He was send by the VOC as a missionary and mostly worked at Amboina from 1684-1694 and 1705-1713. He traveled extensively in the VOC controlled territories and befriended the German naturalist Georg Eberhard Rumpf (Rumphius). He probably had access to VOC archives and compiled much in this momumental work from others as well. Engraver unknown/to be determined.

Condition: Very good, given age. Minor paper separation lower middle fold, neatly repaired. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: AMBON-MALUKU ISLANDS-INDONESIA-MARKET

PCOM-A10-19

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Dimensions 39 × 39 × 1 cm

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