[OPTICAL PRINT] – [FRENCH GUIANA] – “LE DÉBARQUEMENT des François, pour l’etablissement de la nouvelle colonie, dans le port de la nouvelle Cayenne ou la France Equinoxialle [..]”.
Description
Contemp. handcol. engraved optical print (with French caption). Publ. by N.D. de Beauvais (Paris, ca. 1762). Ca. 30,5 x 43,5 cm. (image) & ca. 32 x 48,5 cm. (leaf).
Footnote
¶ Rare late 18th-cent. optical view of the port of Cayenne in French Guiana published by the French print-maker Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais (ca. 1687-1763). – A few minor imperfections (occ. sl. soiled/ waterstained in outer blank margins, occ. sl. foxed/ browned, occ. sl. creased), but nevertheless in good condition.
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Description
Contemp. handcol. engraved optical print (with French caption). Publ. by N.D. de Beauvais (Paris, ca. 1762). Ca. 30,5 x 43,5 cm. (image) & ca. 32 x 48,5 cm. (leaf).
Footnote
¶ Rare late 18th-cent. optical view of the port of Cayenne in French Guiana published by the French print-maker Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais (ca. 1687-1763). – A few minor imperfections (occ. sl. soiled/ waterstained in outer blank margins, occ. sl. foxed/ browned, occ. sl. creased), but nevertheless in good condition.