Subject: Egypt
Period: 1668 (circa)
Publication: Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14 x 10.2 inches
35.6 x 25.9 cm
Fabulous copper engraving showing the pyramids and ancient monuments including an interesting depiction of the Sphinx. Dapper's important Description of Africa was one of the most important seventeenth century works about the continent, compiled from contemporary eye-witness sources.
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Condition: A