PCT-21007

Antique Print of the Pagoda of Canon by Van Schley (1750)

  • Condition: Good. General age related toning. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1750
  • Overall size: 18.3 x 23.3 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the Pagoda of Canon by Van Schley (1750)

Description: Plate : 'Pagode van Canon'. (Pagoda of Canon.) This plate shows the pagoda of Canon in Japan. This original antique print is taken from 'Histoire des Voyages..', by Prevost ca. 1750. Engraving by Jan van Schley.

Artists and Engravers: Jan van Schley, Dutch engraver. Johan Nieuhoff (1618 - 1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China.