Hoe de Hottentotten hunne schapen door de rook Jagen.Page 519.
J.C. Philips inv. et del.
[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stmp top right. Plate 299 x 178mm (11¾ x 7").
Khoikhoi slaughtering sheep by forcing them over hot coals and through thick smoke; in the foreground they then cut open the animal to remove internal organs, which they then boil in a pot to the left. 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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[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stmp top right. Plate 299 x 178mm (11¾ x 7").
Khoikhoi slaughtering sheep by forcing them over hot coals and through thick smoke; in the foreground they then cut open the animal to remove internal organs, which they then boil in a pot to the left. 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: 30866] £120.00