1. Hoe de Hottentotten hunne vellen bereyden. 2. Besmeeren die met vet 3. en Koe mest 4. Kloppen de zelve uyt. 5. Hoe zy die aan Stukkensnyden en 6. Hoe zy die vellen te Zamen Nayen.2:de Deel Pag. 80.
M. Elgersma fecit.
[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stamp bottom right. Plate 291 x 171mm (11½ x 6¾").
Khoikhoi cutting, sewing together, drying, greasing and sealing (with cow manure). 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: 30863] £120.00
[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stamp bottom right. Plate 291 x 171mm (11½ x 6¾").
Khoikhoi cutting, sewing together, drying, greasing and sealing (with cow manure). 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: 30863] £120.00