World clocks, Gloriosa clock, Bell of Beijing, Bellin 1749
Title: Cloche d' Erfort - Cloche de Peking.
Erfurt Germany: Gloriosa clock Erfurt Germany Ø 250 cm; High 262 cm; 11.450 kg. Geert van Wou (1440, Hintham—December 1527, Kampen) was a well-known Dutch bellfounder. He is best known today for the Maria Gloriosa (1497) of Erfurt Cathedral.
China: A Chinese legend about a daughter's sacrifice for her father. By promising his daughter to a dragon, manages a builder to build the city wall of the city of Nanking again and become a famous man. The contract with the dragon, however, begins to gnaw and he fled to Beijing and bell-founder. If he is commissioned to create the world's largest clock in the world that does not work: each has cracked the clock. There is only one way to get it done: Bronze must be mixed with the blood of someone who voluntarily sacrifices.
Mapmaker Cartographer: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772)
Publisher: Antoine-François Prevost's edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages.
Engraver: Jakob van der Schley aka Jakob van Schley (26 July 1715 Amsterdam - 12 February 1779 Amsterdam) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver.
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Size: Sheet app.: 8 x 10.75 inches. (20 x 27.5 cm.) Image app.: 5.5 x 7.5 inches. (14 x 19 cm.) Condition: 18th century antique engraved original print, in very good condition, no flaws.
