Description
Antique print, titled: ‘Kaarte van de Nieuw ontworpen Pagger op de Qual of Cawala. Kaarte van de Oude en Nieuwe ontworpen Pagger tot Japara.
‘ – Plans of the newly designed fortifications (Pagger or Pagar) of Demak and Jepara in Java, Indonesia. From the monumental: ‘Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën …’ by François Valentyn / Valentijn, published in 1724-1726. VOC.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘François Valentijn’. The author François Valentijn (1666-1727), was a Dutch missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and traveled extensively in the VOC’s lands.
- Date: 1726
- Technic: Engraving and etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
- Overall size: 8 x 13,1 inch
- Image size: 7,2 x 12 inch
- Condition: Good, given age. Four tiny holes, reinforced using contemporary paper backed with acid-free archival tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study the scan carefully.
- PartNumber: PCT-51165
- Storage Location: (BG) A212-18
