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Antique Print of Japanese wild bonsii by Montanus (1669)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Right margin uneven from binding. Top margin faintly browned from age. As this is a page from a book, there is text beneath the image and on the rear of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1669
  • Overall size: 20.2 x 32.2 cm.
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.. Antique Print of Japanese wild bonsii by Montanus (1669)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Japansche wilde bonsii.' - ('Japanese wild bonsii'). Two itinerant ('wild') priests from Japan. They wore tatters and never cut hair or beards. The Bonsii prayed for the sick and infirm. Arnoldus Montanus' "Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maatschappy in 't Vereenigde Nederland aan de Kaisaren van Japan […]. Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1669.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Arnoldus Montanus'.