Antique Print-MEXICO-BRIGANTINE-CORTES-CANOE-BATTLE-SHIP-Cortez-1730

Subject: Plate page 494: Combat des Brigantins de Cortez contre les Canots des Mexiquains. (Combat between the Brigantines of Cortes and the Canoes of the Mexicans).

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Original folds. A few very small worm holes, backed. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving / etching on a verge type of hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 19 x 14.5 cm. The image size is ca. 17 x 13 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.5 x 5.7 inch. The image size is ca. 6.7 x 5.1 inch.

Part Number: 31422

Location: PCOX-C3-24

Description: This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Histoire de la Conqueste Du Mexique, Ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, Par Fernand Cortez. Traduite de L'espagnol de Dom Antoine de Solis, Par L'auteur Du Triumvirat.', published in Paris 1730 by Compagnie des Libraires. (Transl.: History of the conquest of Mexico. or New Spain, by Ferdinand Cortez. Translated from Spanish by Lord Antoine de Solis, author of Triumvirat.)

Artists and Engravers: Engraver to be determined.