"Description des Quadrupedes, Oiseaux & Reptiles les Plus Curieux qui se Trouvent dans la Guinee Dessinez sur les Lieux d'Apres le Naturel", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

This decorative sheet highlights the wildlife found in and around the Dutch colonies in West Africa. It illustrates 24 species, including various quadrupeds, lizards, birds, a snake, and a scorpion. A vignette at left depicts Dutch colonists firing upon an elephant around Elmira Castle in present-day Ghana. At right another vignette shows natives hunting wild boar outside Fida, a slave trading post in present-day Benin. The illustrations are surrounded by French text.

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Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a Strasbourg bend and lily watermark, minor marginal soiling, and a few tiny tears along the edges of the sheet.