Views of Asia · 17th century
€ 240
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
General age-related toning. Minor defects from handling, Dutch text on verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
Antique print of Don Vasco meeting Catual, who took him to Calicut. Also depicts various figures with drums and trumpets. This print originates from 'Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende ryken, en het machtige eyland Ceylon (..)' by P. Baldaeus.
Artists and Engravers: Published by Johannes Janssonius van Waasberge and Johannes van Somere, Amsterdam.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Minor defects from handling, Dutch text on verso. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1672
Overall size: 19 x 30.5 cm.
Image size: 17 x 13 cm.
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