Egypt, Cairo, Pyramids, Nile, view Dapper, 1668, Egiptische Piramiden

Large copper engraved view of the Pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza, with the river Nile and Cairo on the background. It is an interpretation of the artist, based on the description in the text, clearly not on own observation.

Published in the 1668 in the first Dutch edition of Olfert Dapper´s "Naukeurige Beschrijvingen der Afrikaensche gewesten en Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden", popularly known as ´Description of Africa´.

Olfert Dapper’s ‘Description of Africa’ was an ethnographic book which offered a detailed description of the parts of Africa known to Europeans in the mid-seventeenth century. Despite the work being regarded as one of the most important and detailed seventeenth-century publications on Africa, Dapper himself never actually visited the continent. Instead, he relied on the reports of Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. The ‘Description of Africa’ was first published in 1668 by Jacob van Meurs in Amsterdam

Excellent condition. Very nice hand coloring. Title in Dutch. Clean and strong paper with clear watermark.

Image 26x35cm, page 32x37,5cm