ANTIQUE PRINT-ENGRAVING-CORTEZ-AMERICA-Bellin-1764

Copperplate engraving on vergé type hand laid watermarked paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 38 x 26.5 cm. The image size is ca. 27 x 19 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 15 x 10.4 inch. The image size is ca. 10.6 x 7.5 inch.

Marina et autres Femmes donnes a Cortez – Marina and other women given to Cortez This is an original print from 1764, originating from the small Bellin Atlas.Artists and Engravers: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772): French cartographer and engeneer with the Departement de la Marine. Jacques Nicolas Bellin worked for the Dé.pot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine over fifty years. In 1741 he was appointed ingenieur hydrographe de la Marine. Later J.N. Bellin become ‘Hidrographe du Roy’ and a member of the Royal Society in London. In 1764 J.N. Bellin published Petit Atlas Maritime… in five volumes which contained several hundred maps. Among his other works are maps to l’Abbe Prevost’s Histoire Generale des Voyages (1746-1757). Bellin also produced many accurate and finely engraved separately issued maps.

Condition: Fine. original foldlines as issued. age related toning and very light staining. 2 small tears at top reinforced by paper.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-ENGRAVING-CORTEZ-AMERICA-BELLIN

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