Antique Print-NILE-CAIRO-EGYPT-PYRAMID-SPHINX-Chatelain-1732
Original Antique Maps and Prints. Description: This print/map originates from: Atlas Historique... , Published by Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1732. Published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, (2nd edition in 1732). The maps were accompanied by information on cosmography, geography, history, genealogy, heraldry, and costumes of the world. The maps in the Atlas Historique were mainly based on those of the French cartographer, Guillaume De L'Isle, but were presented by Chatelain in an encyclopaedic form. Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after'Henri Abraham Chatelain'.
Subject: Antique print, titled:'Description du Nil, de ses sources de son cours depuis les Catatrctes jusques au Caire, avec une carte tres exacte de ce fleuve' - ('Description of the Nile, its sources, course and cataracts from Cairo, with a precise map of the river'). A central map of the course of the Nile. Surrounded by four small engravings: Turkish fortress, pyramids and column, a pyramid and the Sphinx. Condition: Size (in cm): The overall size is ca.
53 x 44.5 cm. The image size is ca. 49.4 x 37.7 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 20.9 x 17.5 inch.
19.4 x 14.8 inch. Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. ThePrintsCollector Peter Cornelissen, Margo van Latum - van Dongen, Frank van Latum Zeeland - The Netherlands. We guarantee our items to be genuine original.
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- Medium: Etching/Engraving
- Subject: Not Specified
- Type: Antique
- Original/ Repro: Original
- EAN: 8718613505264