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Vue De Rufisco West Africa old print Bellin/Prevost 1773
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Vue De Rufisco West Africa old print Bellin/Prevost 1773

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Titel: Vue de Rufisco.

 

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Vue De Rufisco West Africa old print Bellin/Prevost 1773

Titel: Vue de Rufisco

Description: Description: River de Rio Fresco West Africa old antique map of Bay de France during the French colonial period led by Andre Brue.
The print is copperplate engraved with hand coloring and a title cartouche with numbered notes.

Cartographer/mapmaker
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772)
Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London.

Engraved by Jakob van der Schley aka Jakob van Schley a Dutch engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart.
Most of the plates in the Dutch edition of Prévost's "Histoire générale des voyages" are signed by van der Schley.
Publishers: Prévost, Abbé, 1697-1763 - Meusnier de Querlon, A.-G. 1702-1780 - Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747 – 1780.

Image app. : 18 x 13.5 cm. 7.25 x 5.25 inches.
Condition : 18th century antique engraved historical print, in very good condition, old hand coloring, no flaws.