"Alkairo, of het Egiptisch Babylon... / Memphis, sive Babylon Aegyptiaca...", Schenk, Pieter
Subject: Memphis, Egypt
Period: 1702 (circa)
Publication: Hecatompolis, sive Totius Orbis Terrarum…
Color: Black & White
Size:
10.1 x 8.5 inches
25.7 x 21.6 cm
This lovely view presents the ancient city of Memphis with its fortifications along the Nile River. Palm trees and a pair of men with hunting dogs are in the foreground.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.SCHE-1a #80.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a sturdy sheet with a few minor spots and small remnants of hinge tape on verso.