This superb and uncommon engraving was created by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur to illustrate the different indigenous peoples of Africa. A series of twenty-four vignettes, identified with a numbered key below the image, depict the appearance, traditional clothes, and daily activities of various natives, including those from Egypt, Morocco, the Gold Coast, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and other regions. The images are based on earlier prints and travel accounts of the New World. The decorative border is filled with plants and animals native to Africa, including lions and leopards.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary color with light toning and soiling, two small worm holes in the bottom border, and a few tiny chips along the edges of the sheet, which has been trimmed with partial loss of publisher's imprint at bottom.