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De Stadt Gigeri.
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.]
Engraving. 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Central crease as normal.
A view of Jijel (once known as Djidjelli) in Algeria. In 1664 (four years before this print was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668), the French took the city but were expelled the same year.
[Ref: 30218] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
De Stadt Gigeri. The Citÿ Gegery.
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving with very large margins. 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Centre fold as normal.
A view of Jijel (once known as Djidjelli) in Algeria. In 1664 (less than a decade before this print was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668), the French took the city but were expelled the same year. This example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby with the grand title of 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands', with the Dutch title and 10-point key duplicated into English.
[Ref: 30216] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Loanda S. Pauli.
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving. 280 x 500mm (11 x 19¾"). Binding folds.
A view of Luanda, capital of Angola, from the sea, illustrating the capture of the Portuguese colony by Dutch West India Company in 1641. Luanda was the main source of slaves for Brazil. The view was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', but this example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby as 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands'.
[Ref: 51990] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Angra op Tercera.
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14") very large margins. Creases in centre as normal. Tear in margin taped. Very slight hole top left.
The Bay of Angra on Terceira in the Azores. The view was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', but this example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby as 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands'.
[Ref: 51992] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Brazil] Obsidio Et Expugnatio Portus Calvi.
[London: John Ogilby, c.1670.]
Coloured engraving. 270 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼").
The fort at Porto Calvo, controlling the passage of the Manguaba River in the Alagoas region, the frontline of Portuguese-Dutch hostilities in the early 1630s. From John Ogilby’s 'America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World' an English translation of Arnoldus Montanus’ 'Die Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld'.
[Ref: 41266] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
The pike Mountaine upon The Island Tenerieto. De Piek-Bergh op het Eilant Tenerifto.
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving. 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Central fold as normal. Tears taped, holes.
The volcanic Mount Teide on Tenerife. The view was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', but this example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby as 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands'.
[Ref: 51991] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
De Stadt van Louango. The Citÿ of Lovango.
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Creasing as normal.
The sprawling capital of the kingdom of Loango in the Congo. In 1663 the baptism of the king of Loango led to a civil war that lasted over a decade. It was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', but this example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby as 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands', with the Dutch title and 11-point key duplicated into English.
[Ref: 30221] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
De Stadt Cairus. The Citÿ Cairus.
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving with very large margins. 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Central crease as normal.
A bird's-eye view of Cairo, with the pyramids and a tiny sphinx on the opposite bank of the Nile. It was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', but this example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby as 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands', with the Dutch title and 11-point key duplicated into English.
[Ref: 30219] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
'T Fort Tacaray ofte Witsen.
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.]
Coloured engraving. 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14"), with wide margins. Edges of margins frayed. Creased as normal.
A view of Fort Tacaray or Fort Witsen, built by the Dutch on the Gold Coast in 1656, near Takoradi in Ghana. It was abandoned by 1684. Engraved for Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668.
[Ref: 30215] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dracht en Wapening der Hottentots, The Hottentots Cloathing and Their armes.
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving with very large margins. 250 x 340mm (10 x 13¾"). Central crease as normal, edges of margins ragged, large repaired tears.
Khoikhoi tribesmen and women, one holding a bow. It was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', but this example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby as 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands', with the Dutch title and 11-point key duplicated into English.
[Ref: 30222] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
De stadt Mocha.
[Paris, 1811.]eide, Chez Pierre vander Aa. [n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, trimmed to neatline, paper size 295 x 355mm.
View of Al Mukha in Yemen from the sea, originally published in Dapper's 'Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie' c.1680.
[Ref: 1563] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marrakesh] Het Koninklyk Hof met een gedeelte der Stadt Marokko. The Roÿall palace with a parte od ye citÿ M[...]
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Engraving with very large margins. 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Repaired split in centre fold; strong impression.
A view of Marrakesh, with camels, a bucking horse and a water pump in the foreground. It was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', but this example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby as 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands', with the Dutch title and 11-point key duplicated into English.
[Ref: 30220] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
La Rache.
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.]
Coloured engraving. 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Central crease as normal.
A view of Larache in Morocco, a Spanish possession from 1610 until 1689, when they were driven out after a three-month siege. Engraved for Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668.
[Ref: 30217] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Egiptische Piramiden.
[Olfert Dapper.]
[n.d. c.1670.]
Coloured engraving. Plate 267 x 356mm. 10½ x 14". Fold down centre.
A view of the Egyptian Pyramids, engraved for Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668. The plate was also used in John Ogilby's 1670 translation "Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands".
[Ref: 23732] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sestos in Europa.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Coloured engraving. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Ink pagination top left. Very large margins.
A view of the fortress of Sestos, on the European bank of the Hellespont. From Olfert Dapper's 'Naukeurige Beschryving der Eilanden inde Archipel der Miidlantsche Zee'.
[Ref: 39159] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
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