"De Stad Babilon",
Subject: Babylon, Iraq
Period: 1740 (published)
Publication: Algemeene Historie
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.2 x 12 inches
46.2 x 30.5 cm
A lovely imagined view of ancient Babylon with the Tower of Babel. A procession of men with elephants, camels, and livestock fill the foreground. Published in Algemeene Histori, Beschreven door een Gezelschap van Geleerde Mannen in Engeland … IV Deel by Hermanus Besseling.
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Condition: B+
A nice impression, issued folding and now flattened. There are two short edge tears that just enter the image that were previously repaired with non-archival tape causing some stains, and the tape has since been removed and the tears repaired archivally.
