Description
Description: Antique print titled ‘La Ville de Bantam capitale du Roiaume de meme nom’. A bird’s eye view of the city Banten or Bantam near the western end of Java in Indonesia. Several tall ships and smaller nautical vessels in the harbour. This print originates from the very scarse: La Galerie Agréable du Monde ( ). , published by P. van der Aa, in Leiden, c. 1725.
Artists and Engravers: Pieter van der Aa Pieter van der Aa (Leiden 1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases. The Galerie Agreable contains plates and maps by the best Dutch engravers: Luiken, Goeree, Mulder, Stoopendaal, Aldert Meijer, Romeyn de Hooghe, ao.
- Date: c.1725
- Overall size: 37.5 x 32 cm.
- Image size: 35.5 x 27.5 cm.
- Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Later hand coloring. Small repair on the right part of the image. Please study image carefully.
- Purchase code: JAK-321B
