Name: TITLE PAGE-VOYAGE-GLOBE-CHART-TREASURE-SEAL [Caspar LUYKEN after DAMPIER, 1771]
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TITLE PAGE-VOYAGE-GLOBE-CHART-TREASURE-SEAL [Caspar LUYKEN after DAMPIER, 1771]

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W. Dampiers en L. Wafers Reistogten rond om de Wereld. – Allegorical title page, of a seated geographer (William Dampier) with a book and charts in his lap, pointing at a globe being uncovered by a native man next to him. Also features a palm tree, seal, monkey and several chests with treasure.

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W. Dampiers en L. Wafers Reistogten rond om de Wereld.

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 16 x 20,2 cm. Image size: 14,8 x 19,1 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 Caspar Luyken after an anonymous artist. Engraver: Caspar Luyken / Luiken (based on monogram C.L. in some of the plates in the originating work). (1672-1708) was a Dutch engraver and draughtsman. He was the son and worked with Jan Luyken (1649-1712). He also worked for Christoph Weigel and Romeyn de Hooghe.

Condition: Good, given age. No left margin; remargined. Brown spot lower part of image. A few minor crinkles. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: TITLE PAGE-VOYAGE-GLOBE-CHART-TREASURE-SEAL

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