Rare Antique Print-LUANDA-SAO PAULO-ANGOLA-VOC SHIPS-JESUITS-Van der Aa-1725

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

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 57 x 38 cm. The image size is ca. 50 x 27.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 22.4 x 15 inch. The image size is ca. 19.7 x 10.8 inch.

Plate 53.: ‘La Ville de Loanda S. Pauli en Afrique’. (The city of Luanda in Africa.) This large plate shows a view of the Angolese city of Luanda, formerly known as Sao Paulo da Assuncao de Loanda with many ships before the coast. The key identifies the Jesuit and Capuchin convent, castles, the castle of Captain Bent etc. Very rare in this edition. This plate originates from the very scarse: ‘La galerie agreable du monde (…). Tome troisieme d’Afrique..’, 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 was originally published in ‘Asia of naukeurige beschryving van het rijk des Grooten Mogols (…)’, by Olfert Dapper (1639 – 1689). Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1672.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.

Keywords: RARE ANTIQUE PRINT-LUANDA-SAO PAULO-ANGOLA-VOC SHIPS-JESUITS-VAN DER AA

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