PERSIAN CELEBRATION-4TH SAD SABBATH-FEAST After OLEARIUS, 1719

Publication date: 1719

Seller: Pictura Prints, Art & Books, Overasselt, NetherlandsPictura Prints, Art & Books

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Condition: Used - Good

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Fete des Persans appellee le quatrieme Sabbath triste.Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 23,5 x 36 cm. Image size: 16,5 x 13,5 cm. From: 'Les Voyages du sieur Adam Olearius' published by Pierre van der Aa in Leiden, The Netherlands 1719. Ref: Hollstein LIII 1999, 201. Van der Krogt KAN IVA, 44:29.Made by an anonymous engraver after Adam Olearius. Adam Olearius (1599 - 1671) was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian. He became secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Employed as secretary to an embassy sent by the small German state of Holstein to explore an overland trade route with Persia. The first embassy was dispatched to Russia in 1633-34 to secure the tsar's permission to travel and ship through his realm. The second was sent in 1635 to complete the deal with the king (shah) of Persia. Although the commercial mission failed miserably, the embassy was successful in the incredible amount of information gathered by Olearius.Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.Keywords: PERSIAN CELEBRATION-4TH SAD SABBATH-FEASTPCOM-A7-15.…

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Title
PERSIAN CELEBRATION-4TH SAD SABBATH-FEAST After OLEARIUS, 1719
Publication year
1719
Condition
Good
Binding
No binding
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Pictura Prints, Art & Books

Overasselt, Netherlands

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Pictura Prints offers mostly antique prints, art, maps and books. Since 2004 the owner Peter Cornelissen started Theprintscollector and has been in business as a print and book seller. In 2018 he decided to further develop his personal collection through 'Pictura Prints'. Peter has a background in design and landscape architecture and holds a degree in paper restauration. He holds shop in Overasselt, a small town on the Maas river near Nijmegen, The Netherlands, which can be visited by appointment. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Antiquarians (NVVA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).…

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private press and related reference works., maps, Antique prints, illustrated antiquarian books

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