Australia.- Keulen (Johannes van)
Australia.- Keulen (Johannes van)
Het Eyland Amsterdam; Het Eyland St. Paulo; Swartte Swaane drift op het Eyland Rottenest, 3 copper line engravings in one leaf, coastal views of Australian islands of Amsterdam, St Paul and Rottnest with masted ships, and River Swan with black swans, after watercolours by Victor Victorszoon, some light browning, minor marginal spotting, tiny tear with loss to third engraving, (280 x 175mm within margin), [Amsterdam], [Johannes van Braam], [c.1726].
*** From François Valentijn’s ‘Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien’ (1724-26). “May claim precedence as the earliest illustration of an Australian animal” (C.M. Finney)
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Australia.- Keulen (Johannes van)
Het Eyland Amsterdam; Het Eyland St. Paulo; Swartte Swaane drift op het Eyland Rottenest, 3 copper line engravings in one leaf, coastal views of Australian islands of Amsterdam, St Paul and Rottnest with masted ships, and River Swan with black swans, after watercolours by Victor Victorszoon, some light browning, minor marginal spotting, tiny tear with loss to third engraving, (280 x 175mm within margin), [Amsterdam], [Johannes van Braam], [c.1726].
*** From François Valentijn’s ‘Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien’ (1724-26). “May claim precedence as the earliest illustration of an Australian animal” (C.M. Finney)
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