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Auction 199, Lot 680
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"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

Subject: West Africa, Animals

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17 x 14.5 inches
43.2 x 36.8 cm
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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.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Unsold

Closed on 9/11/2024

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