Makou.
[Wenceslaus Hollar.]
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Etching, 17th century watermark; 210 x 320mm (8¼ x 12½"). Original binding folds.
A fine view of the Portuguese enclave of Macao from the sea, with Dutch ships with guns firing in the foreground. Although unsigned, this view was etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johann Nieuhof's account of the embassy. However this state was included in Ogilby's edition of Arnoldus Montanus's 'Asia'.
Pennington 1157, state i of iii.
[Ref: 58669] £380.00
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Etching, 17th century watermark; 210 x 320mm (8¼ x 12½"). Original binding folds.
A fine view of the Portuguese enclave of Macao from the sea, with Dutch ships with guns firing in the foreground. Although unsigned, this view was etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johann Nieuhof's account of the embassy. However this state was included in Ogilby's edition of Arnoldus Montanus's 'Asia'.
Pennington 1157, state i of iii.
[Ref: 58669] £380.00