[10 Plates from 'Viaggi de Enrico Wanton alle terre incognito australi...'.]
Domenico dell'Acerra Sculp.
[c.1756.]
Ten engravings. Plates: c.150 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Staining and creasing, as normal.
Ten plates from 'Viaggi di Enrico Wanton alle terre incognito australi...' or 'Journeys of Henry Wanton to unknown Australian lands and to the lands of the Monkeys...' a bizarre tale of a traveller who discovers the land of the apes written by Zaccaria Seriman. The selection of scenes shows Wanton attending balls and gatherings with the monkey people who are dressed in contempoary clothes.
[Ref: 42075] £600.00
[c.1756.]
Ten engravings. Plates: c.150 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Staining and creasing, as normal.
Ten plates from 'Viaggi di Enrico Wanton alle terre incognito australi...' or 'Journeys of Henry Wanton to unknown Australian lands and to the lands of the Monkeys...' a bizarre tale of a traveller who discovers the land of the apes written by Zaccaria Seriman. The selection of scenes shows Wanton attending balls and gatherings with the monkey people who are dressed in contempoary clothes.
[Ref: 42075] £600.00