West View of the Ruins of Carteia, & it's River with a Prospect of the Rock of Gibraltar;Drawn by Francis Carter in the Year 1771.
P. Mazell sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan. 1 1777.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 205 x 370mm (8 x 14½") very large margins.
Carteia, founded by the Phoenicians and captured by the Romans c. 190 BC, re-discovered by John Conduitt of the Gibraltar garrison c.1717. From Francis Carter's two-volume 'A Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga' (1777). Carter (1741?-1783), a traveller and collector of coins, was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries that same year, but died before completing his next work, a study of early Spanish printed books.
[Ref: 53059] £160.00
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan. 1 1777.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 205 x 370mm (8 x 14½") very large margins.
Carteia, founded by the Phoenicians and captured by the Romans c. 190 BC, re-discovered by John Conduitt of the Gibraltar garrison c.1717. From Francis Carter's two-volume 'A Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga' (1777). Carter (1741?-1783), a traveller and collector of coins, was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries that same year, but died before completing his next work, a study of early Spanish printed books.
[Ref: 53059] £160.00