Arzillie een oud en Sterk Stedeken in het Koningryk van Fez, aen de Spaensche Zee.Zilia Regionis Elhabad, in Regno Fez chelkquum oppidum.
Pet. Schenk Amsteld. C.P.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Copper engraving. 215 x 270mm. 8½ x 10¾". Uncut, with large margins.
Prospect of Asilah, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, close to the Strait of Gibraltar, a pirate base. The engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk was born in 1660 in Elberfeld. He was a student of Gerard Valck. Until his death in 1718, he published numerous maps and views. His son Peter Schenk the Younger was also a noted cartographer.
[Ref: 21863] £230.00
[n.d. c.1702.]
Copper engraving. 215 x 270mm. 8½ x 10¾". Uncut, with large margins.
Prospect of Asilah, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, close to the Strait of Gibraltar, a pirate base. The engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk was born in 1660 in Elberfeld. He was a student of Gerard Valck. Until his death in 1718, he published numerous maps and views. His son Peter Schenk the Younger was also a noted cartographer.
[Ref: 21863] £230.00