Het Koninglyk hof, en een groot deel van de verre uytgestrekte Stad Marokko, binnen in 'tland gelegen, niet verre van de berg Atlas. Marocco Boacnum Hemerum Ptolomaei, regni cognominis Metropolis, haud procul ab Atlante monte posita.
Pet Schenk Amsteld C.P. [n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving. Plate 215 x 267mm. 8½ x 10½". Large margins.
A view of the great Arabic city of Morocco in North Africa. Travellers in the dunes look through the palms trees towards the walled city, with a minaret standing as a key feature in the centre of the image; other minarets seen to the right. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
Hollstein, vol XV, nos.1306-1405.
[Ref: 21557] £250.00
Engraving. Plate 215 x 267mm. 8½ x 10½". Large margins.
A view of the great Arabic city of Morocco in North Africa. Travellers in the dunes look through the palms trees towards the walled city, with a minaret standing as a key feature in the centre of the image; other minarets seen to the right. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
Hollstein, vol XV, nos.1306-1405.
[Ref: 21557] £250.00