, TITLE PAGE-ELEPHANT-GLOBE-SNAKE-LAMA-NATIVES [Jan LAMSVELT after DAMPIER, 1771], Pictura Antique Prints

TITLE PAGE-ELEPHANT-GLOBE-SNAKE-LAMA-NATIVES [Jan LAMSVELT after DAMPIER, 1771]

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€125.00

Tweede deel van Dampiers Reyse. – This original antique title page shows a man, probably Dampier, looking at a globe. Right of the globe are a snake, lama and elephant. In the background a landscape with houses, natives and a dromedary.

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SKU: 20190113P051 Category: Tag:

Description

Tweede deel van Dampiers Reyse.

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 15,5 x 20,2 cm. Image size: 14,3 x 16,8 cm.

From William Sewel’s Dutch translation of William Dampier’s travel logue: ‘Nieuwe Reistogt rondom de Wereld …’ (A New Voyage Round the World), published in Nijmegen by Isaac van Campen, 1771.

Made by Jan Lamsvelt after an anonymous artist. Engraver: Jan van Lamsvelt (Dutch; 1674-1743) mostly worked as engraver for the publisher Van der Aa.

Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: TITLE PAGE-ELEPHANT-GLOBE-SNAKE-LAMA-NATIVES

PCO-C11-17

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Dimensions 15 × 15 × 1 cm

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