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Der Hottentotten Manier om Wilder dieren te Vangen. 2:de Deel Pag. 113.
A. Zeeman del. A. Zaeeman inv. et fecit.
[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stamp bottom left. Plate 292 x 171mm (11½ x 6¾").
The Khoikhoi way of catching wild animals; hunters bearing down with clubs and bows and arrows on a lion in the foreground which is mauling a native underneath it; hunters attack three elephants in the centre, two leopards on a rock in the background and a gazelle; a monkey escapes in the right foreground and two lions in the distant background. From "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop". Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research. First published in Germany in 1719 as Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, the book 'professes to be a complete account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants'. This is taken from the Dutch edition, published in Amsterdam in two volumes in 1727.
[Ref: 30856] £90.00
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Hoe zy de Visschen vangen. 2:de Deel Pag. 117.
A. Zeeman inv. et fecit 1727.
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stamp Essex Institute bottom left. Plate 297 x 171mm (11¾ x 6¾
Naval ships in the background with Kolbe and his crew by a tree observing the natives hunting and catching fish. From "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop". Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research. First published in Germany in 1719 as Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, the book 'professes to be a complete account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants'. This is taken from the Dutch edition, published in Amsterdam in two volumes in 1727.
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Der Hottentotten Manier van Oorlogen. 2:de Deel Pag. 138.
A. Zeeman inv. et fecit 1727.
[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stamp bottom left. Plate 292 x 171mm (11½ x 6¾").
Khoikhoi in battle: warriors with spears, bows and arrows fighting. From "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop". Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research. First published in Germany in 1719 as Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, the book 'professes to be a complete account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants'. This is taken from the Dutch edition, published in Amsterdam in two volumes in 1727.
[Ref: 30858] £120.00
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