Antique Print-CANDY-SRI LANKA-CEYLON-DONNA CATHARINA-ENTRY-p. 202-Baldaeus-1672

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Plate 202: '[Donna Catharina] Wird mit grosser Pracht in Candy eingeholet' (Donna Catharina being led into Candy with full honours). It shows: The Donna Catharina, in ceremonial dress, being greeted respectfully by several bowing figures. A long train of soldiers is entering the city of Kandy in Ceylon. Scarce original etching / engraving on a verge type hand laid paper. Letterpress text on front and rear of the sheet. Description: This original engraving originates from the 1672 German edition of Baldaeus' 'Nauwkeurige beschrijving Malabar en Choromandel, derz. aangrenzend rijken, en het machtige eiland Ceylon.' (transl: Description of the East Indian Countries of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, etc.), printed in Amsterdam by Jacob van Velsen and published by Johannes Janssonius van Waesbergen en Johannes van Someren.Artists and Engravers: Author: Philip Baldaeus (1632-1672). Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde (October 1632, Delft � 1672, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna, Ceylon with an invading Dutch force during 17th Century. As the first European he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, similar to Mahawamsa, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German (with many beautiful plates). Some lates in this work signed G. Appelmans fe., being the engraver. Condition: Good, given age. A small stain in the lower right of the image, a band of toning to the image. General age-related toning and light staining, please study scan carefully. Storage location: LJC-A7-17 The overall size is ca. 7.7 x 11.6 inch. The image size is ca. 6.5 x 4.9 inch. The overall size is ca. 19.5 x 29.5 cm. The image size is ca. 16.5 x 12.5 cm.

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• Titre: Antique Print-CANDY-SRI LANKA-CEYLON-DONNA CATHARINA-ENTRY-p. 202-Baldaeus-1672
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