PCT-57134

Antique Print of a Japanese temple dedicated to Toranga by Montanus (1669)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Left edge uneven from binding. Faintly browned top margin. Some small stains in the top margin and right margin (below the image). As this is a page from a book, there is text below the images on the front and 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 a Japanese temple dedicated to Toranga by Montanus (1669)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Temple dans le Royaume de Vaccata. Tempel int Koninckryck Vaccata.' - View of a Japanese temple dedicated to Toranga. On the verso the interior of the temple, with a large statue of Toranga (in this two figures stand opposite each other; one is the God, brandishing a hatchet. Opposite that is an eight-armed figure representing the enemies of Toranga. 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'.