Antique Print of the Fort of Kollam, Kerala, India

€ 280

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Mapmaker / artist: Jakob van der Schley
Sheet size: 25.3 × 35.8 cm (10.0 × 14.1 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13368-7

Condition

Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning. Shows some creasing bottom left. Original folding lines. Minor wear and soiling, blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Plan de la Forteresse de Coylan, Grondtekening der Fortresse Coylan'. Floor plan of the fort of Kollam, Kerala, on India's Malabar Coast. Originates from a Dutch edition of 'Histoire générale des voyages' by Antoine-François Prévost.

Engraved by J. van Schley. Jakob van der Schley (Amsterdam, 1715-1779) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver, who studied under Bernard Picart, and whose style he subsequently copied.