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Towns and Landscapes
Antique Print of Batavia, Capital of the Dutch East Indies or Indonesia, '1726'
Batavia is now Jakarta.
$1,400
€1,250 · £1,045
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1726
- Sheet size
- 11.2 × 21.3 in (28.5 × 54 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Professionally restored. Mainly repaird on folding lines, later hand coloring. Please study image carefully.
- Island
- Java
- Place names
- Batavia is now Jakarta
- Collection
- Towns and Landscapes
- Period
- The Company, 1700 to 1799
- Stock no.
- f_29350012
- Color
- Later hand color
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Antique print Indonesia titled 'Batavia in 't Verschiet'. Large panoramic view on Batavia, present day Jakarta, Indonesia. Originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën (..)' by François Valentyn / Valentijn, published in 1724-1726. VOC.
Artists and Engravers: The author, François Valentijn (1666-1727), was a Dutch missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and traveled extensively in the VOC's lands.
Image size: 52.5 x 27 cm.
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