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Auction 202, Lot 711

"Reys-Gheschrift van de Navigatien der Portugaloysers in Orienten...", Linschoten, Jan Juygen van

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1623 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.5 x 10.4 inches
16.5 x 26.4 cm
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This is the title page to a later Dutch edition of Linschoten's Itinerario, published in Amsterdam by Cloppenburg. The sheet shows an Indian and an African maiden paying tribute to the personification of Asia at top. A dramatic scene of a large army led by a mahout and his huge elephant fills a cartouche below the title. Linschoten's work is one of the most important early accounts of India, the East Indies, and the Portuguese colonies in Africa and South America.

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Condition: A

A nice impression with minor toning.

Estimate: $190 - $220

Sold for: $110

Closed on 2/12/2025

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