[Djakarta (early Eighteenth Century)]

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[Djakarta (early Eighteenth Century)]

Het Stadhuys van Batavia, de Portugeesche Stads-Kerk, de Portugeesche Buyten Kerk

Engraving, hand-coloured, watermark fleur-de-lis with countersign 'IV', wide margins, usual vertical centre fold, surface dirt, some spotting
296 x 380 mm.; and 'The Church of the Cross of Batavia' and 'The Slaughter House of Batavia', both engraved and hand-coloured, and another engraved hand-coloured view of the sea-approaches to Djakarta (4)

Lot Essay

(2-4) This is apparently from A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now printed from manuscripts. Others translated out of foreign languages, and now first published in English ..., by Awnsham and John Churchill. London: Henry Lintot & John Osborn, 1744-46. (British Library Catalogue 455.f.1-6). Other prints possibly from this work are included in lots 231, 237-9, 241, 258-60, and 270.

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