Lot 616
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SOUTH AMERICA -- "CASTRUM MINÆ." - "OSTIUM FLUMINIS Parabyæ" - "PRIMU[M] PRÆLIUM NAVALE INTER I. Tamaricam et Goianam XII ianuar" - "TERTIUM PRÆLIUM ad Paribam XIIII ian." - "QUARTUM PRÆLIUM Coniovian inter et fluvium Rio Grande XVII Ian." - "CLASSIS quæ in Patriam Comitem Revexit" - (Amst., J. Blaeu, 1647). 6 plain double-p. engr. views (4 naval battle scenes and 2 fortresses) by Frans Jansz. Post. c. 400 x 510 mm. (All plates a bit browned and bearing traces of use, plates 21, 28 and 54 cut on plate edge and laid down, left outer margins of plates 42 and 45 a bit stained).
Magnificent plates by Frans Jansz. Post (1612-1680) who accompanied John Maurice of Nassau, governor-general of Brazil from 1636 tot 1644. Present plate numbers 21, 28, 42, 44, 45, and 54, all taken from: C. Barlaeus's 'Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum sub praefectura (…) J. Mauritii, Nassoviae, (…).' Amst., J. Blaeu, 1647. Three plates depict naval battles between the Dutch and the Spanish fleets of the coast of Brazil in 1640, one depicts 13 ships which were part of the Dutch fleet present in Brazil, and two depict fortresses: Elmina in Ghana (from where slaves were exported to Brazil) and the entrance to the Paraiba river in Brazil with a view of Fortress Margareta. - Borba de Moraes p. 78-9.€ 1500
result € 1200
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