The Middle-East and Orient: a large collection of 17th and 18th century etchings and engravings, the majority depicting the scenery, types and costume of the Holy Land, Turkey, the Middle-East, India, South-East Asia and China

This large collection of prints comes variously unframed, mounted in an album, and framed. The prints are extracted from 17th and 18th century printed books and atlases including Olfert Dapper's Atlas Chinensis (Amsterdam, 1671), Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie (Amsterdam, 1680) and Awnsham and Churchill's A Collection of Voyages and Travels (London, 1704-46). The plates include: The Church of the Cross of Batavia; Fish Market of Batavia; The Slaughter house of Batavia; Constantinopolis (panorama); Jerusalem (panorama); Palmyra alias Tadmor (panorama); Hocsieu met De Voor Stadt; Negumbo; De Stadt Aimuy; Jemping; Pouching; Suratte; De Stadt Couchin; Columbo; Goa; Negros Playing upon Kalabasses; A Mestice Wooman; A Malabar shewing trick with Serpents; A Malabar man and Wooman; A Melayã; Captain; A Marchant of Java; A Javanese Man and Wooman; A Makasser with his Wife as they are habited at Batavia; The herb of the Bamboe Canes; An Old Cocoa Tree; and The Tree Fruit of Katsiou