Antique Print of Forts and Views of the East Indies or Nowadays Indonesia, 1719
€ 490
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1719
Sheet size
42.5 × 49.5 cm (16.7 × 19.5 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12779
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
General age-related toning. Original folding line, minor wear. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Antique print titled 'Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes'. Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies, including four harbor views Batavia (Jakarta), Amboina, Ternate, and Solor, and three fort plans, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's monumental seven volume 'Atlas Historique'.
Artists and Engravers: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Original folding line, minor wear. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
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