Rare Antique Print-AFRICA-GHANA-FORT TACARAY-WITZEN-VOC-Pieter Van der Aa-1725

Copperplate engraving and etching on a verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Original folds. Authenticity 100% guaranteed. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 49 x 38 cm. The image size is ca. 34.5 x 25 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 19.3 x 15 inch. The image size is ca. 13.6 x 9.8 inch.

View: ‘Le Fort de Tacaray ou Witzen dans l’Afrique.’ (The fortress Tacaray or Witzen in Africa.) This plate shows Fort Tacaray or Witsen in present day Takoradi, Ghana, West Africa. Also known as Tocorary, Tacquerary, Takorari etc. With VOC ships. Very scarse in this edition. This plate originates from the very scarse: ‘La galerie agreable du monde (…). Tome premier des Indes Orientales.’, published by P. van der Aa, Leyden, c. 1725. This famous work was published in 66 parts and is the biggest print / map book ever published. Van der Aa incorporated plates by other publishers such as Blaeu, Visscher, de Wit, meurs, Halma, Mortier, Allard in this work and often added broad decorative borders. Probably the costliest and complete universal geographic work ever produced. It is said that only 100 copies were printed. Ref: Koeman Aa9. Phillips 2780 note. This plate is a re-freshed and partially re-engraved and altered plate first published in ‘Naukeurige Beschrijvingen der Afrikaensche gewesten (…).’, and ‘Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche eylanden (…).’, by Olfert Dapper (1639 – 1689). Amsterdam, 1668.Artists and Engravers: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden 1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases. The Galerie Agreable contains plates and maps by the best Dutch engravers: Luiken, Goeree, Mulder, Stoopendaal, Aldert Meijer, Romeyn de Hooghe, ao.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling. Paper edge uncut and thus irregular and with occasional minimal tears. Minimal tear in top margin, backed, not effecting image.

Keywords: RARE ANTIQUE PRINT-AFRICA-GHANA-FORT TACARAY-WITZEN-VOC-PIETER VAN DER AA

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