Catalog Archive
Auction 96, Lot 505
Print View

"Description de la Peche, Habillemens, Habitations, Manieres de Vivre, Superstitions et Autres Usages des Indiens de la Virginia; le tout Fidellement Extrait de Memoires et des Desseins qui en ont etre tirez sur le Lieux", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Native Americans

Period: 1705 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
17 x 14.5 inches
43.2 x 36.8 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

An interesting sheet composed of 14 vignettes showing the Native Americans that the first European explorers encountered in the New World. These scenes are taken from Theodore de Bry's influential work. Included are ceremonial dances, burial practices, farming, hunting, villages, costumes, etc. Each engraving is accompanied by an explanation in French text.

References:

Condition: A+

Estimate: $300 - $350

Unsold

Closed on 9/12/2001

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap