Antique Print-TRAVEL-VASCO DA GAMA-KOZHIKODE-Cochin-Van der Schleij-Prevost-1747

Price: € 74,50

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Audiance de Samorin.' - Vasco da Gama in audience with the samoryn of Calicut (Kozhikode).

Condition: Good, given age. Small margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving on laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 15.8 x 22.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 20.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.2 x 8.9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 8.1 inch.

Part Number: 62336

Location: C28-18

Description: From Antoine-Francois Prevost's "Histoire Generale des Voyages", published in 1747.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Jacob van der Schleij' after 'Charles-Nicolas II Cochin'. Jacob van der Schleij (1715-1779) was a professional book illustrator. His finely etched plates show the influence of Bernard Picart. Charles-Nicolas II Cochin (1715-1790) was a French designer, engraver, writer and art critic.