Olifant Elephantus. [&] Tegris.
[after Johan Nieuhoff.]
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.]
Two engravings set in letterpress on opposing sides. Sheet 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Chips in edges.
Two plates from Johan Hieuhof's 'Legatio Batavica ad magnum Tartariae chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinae imperatorem'. One shows an elephant, with a camel, deer, goats and a parrot. The second, despite the title 'Tegris' appears to show a cheetah.
[Ref: 64054] £130.00
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.]
Two engravings set in letterpress on opposing sides. Sheet 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Chips in edges.
Two plates from Johan Hieuhof's 'Legatio Batavica ad magnum Tartariae chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinae imperatorem'. One shows an elephant, with a camel, deer, goats and a parrot. The second, despite the title 'Tegris' appears to show a cheetah.
[Ref: 64054] £130.00