1662 Engraving - Slave Girl in Algiers - Chalkokondyles

Description

Original 1662 Engraving. Hand coloured engraving after Nicolas de Nicolay. From the Histoire Des Turcs chapter of 'Histoire generale des Turcs, des Mogols et Des Autres Tatares Occidentaux, Avant et Depuis Jesus-Christ Jusqu'a Present'. Full title "Fille Moresque esclave en Alger ville de Barbarie" roughly translating to "Mooreish Slave Girl in Algiers Barbary City". Page 63. Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and staining at edges.

Size

34 x 23cm (13.4" x 9.1")
Sheet: 34 x 23cm (13.4" x 9.1")

Collection Information

From a collection of seventeen engravings originally published in the Byzantine Greek historian, Laonikos Chalkokondyles', 'L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs' and his 'Histoire generale des Turcs, des Mogols et Des Autres Tatares Occidentaux, Avant et Depuis Jesus-Christ Jusqu'a Present' which was published in Paris circa 1662. Engravings are hand coloured, several after Nicolas de Nicolay, with French text on verso. Collection Code: B7A

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