Subject: Title Pages
Period: 1732 (circa)
Publication: A Collection of Voyages and Travels...Volume III
Color: Black & White
Size:
6.9 x 10.6 inches
17.5 x 26.9 cm
A lovely title page to Philippus Baldaeus' work covering eastern India and Sri Lanka. The title is presented on a rug which is draped on an elephant mounted by a military officer. In the foreground, natives present various goods representative of the region including jewelry, pottery, rope and coconuts. In the corner, a couple of docile-looking dogs observe the scene. Published in the third volume of John & Awnsham Churchill's A Collection of Voyages and Travels.
References: Sabin #13015.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with a couple of faint creases at top right.