PCT-21533

Antique Print of the Court of the Great Mogul and other scenes by Van der Aa (1725)

  • Condition: Good. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling. Paper edge uncut and thus irregular and with occasional minimal tears. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1725
  • Overall size: 49 x 38 cm.
  • Image size: 28.5 x 21.5 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the Court of the Great Mogul and other scenes by Van der Aa (1725)

Description: Plate: 'Cour et Pompe Royale du Grand-Mogol. / Mogols Hof en Hofpracht.' (The court of the Great Mogul / Mughal at Agra, India, during the Mogul rule from 1524 to 1752.) Agra / Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

On this view the splendour of the court with exotic animals including elelphants, ceremonies, audiences, palaces, etc., with the city of Agra in the background. Extremely rare in any 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 was originally published in 'Les Indes orientales et occidentales, et autres lieux.', by Romeyn de Hooghe, published by Pieter van der Aa, leiden, 1710. Extremely rare in any edition.

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.