Antique Print-ROBBERY-CHASE-MURDER-KRIS-CALCUTTA-INDIA-p. 106-Baldaeus-1672

Price: € 69,50

Subject: Plate 106: 'Portugesen, in Calecut wohnhaftig, schandlich ermordet und ihre Logie beraubet' (The Portuguese in Calcutta murdered, and their living quarters plundered). It shows: two Portuguese men in front of the living quarters, being chased by armed robbers, while a number of others carries the valuable goods form the house.

Condition: Very good, given age. Lower left edge thumbed, small spots to the top left corner. General age-related toning and light staining, please study scan carefully.

Medium: Scarce original etching / engraving on a verge type hand laid paper. Letterpress text on front and rear of the sheet.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 19.5 x 29.5 cm. The image size is ca. 16.5 x 12.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.7 x 11.6 inch. The image size is ca. 6.5 x 4.9 inch.

Part Number: 33286

Location: A203-15

Description: This original engraving originates from the 1672 German edition of Baldaeus' 'Nauwkeurige beschrijving Malabar en Choromandel, derz. aangrenzend rijken, en het machtige eiland Ceylon.' (transl: Description of the East Indian Countries of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, etc.), printed in Amsterdam by Jacob van Velsen and published by Johannes Janssonius van Waesbergen en Johannes van Someren.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Philip Baldaeus (1632-1672). Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde (October 1632, Delft ï¿½ 1672, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna, Ceylon with an invading Dutch force during 17th Century. As the first European he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, similar to Mahawamsa, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German (with many beautiful plates). Some lates in this work signed G. Appelmans fe., being the engraver.