JACQUES SPECX-SPECKS-GOVERNOR GENERAL [After VALENTIJN-VOC, 1724]

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€70.00

Jacques Specks, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indien – This rare original antique print shows a portrait of Jacques Specx (1585 – 1652), a Dutch merchant, who founded the trade on Japan and Korea in 1609 and later an interim Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

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Jacques Specks, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indien

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20,5 x 33 cm. Image size: 17,7 x 28,8 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 an anonymous engraver after Valentijn.

Condition: Good, given age. A few minor spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: JACQUES SPECX-SPECKS-GOVERNOR GENERAL

PCO-A11-27

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Dimensions 20 × 20 × 1 cm

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