Antique Print-LOUISIADE-ARCHIPEL-NEW GUINEA-Krevelt-Bougainville-1772

Price: € 83,50

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Vyfde Verdeeling Golf en Eilanden der Louisiade' - This plate shows the map of the Fifth Division and Gulf Islands of Louisiade, Louisiade Archipelago, part I. The Louisiade archipelago, New Guinea.
Condition: Very good, given age. Orginal folds as issued. Margins cropped close to the plate mark. A very small tear in left margin, reinforced using contemporary paper backed with acid free archival tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 29.6 x 38.7 cm. The image size is ca. 26 x 33.2 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 11.7 x 15.2 inch. The image size is ca. 10.2 x 13.1 inch.
Part Number: 54861
Location: A156-36
Description: Reis rondom de weereldt, gedaen op bevel des konings von Frankrijk, in de jaren 1766 tot 1769. Author: Le Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Publisher: Dordrecht: A. Blusse en Zoon, 1772.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'A. van Krevelt' after an anonymous artist. Abram van Krevelt (1732-1784) was a Dutch engraver of maps and characters, active in Amsterdam.