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Towns and Landscapes
Antique Print of the Sugar Warehouse of Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia, 1726
Batavia is now Jakarta.
$270
€240 · £200
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1726
- Sheet size
- 13 × 15.6 in (32.9 × 39.6 cm)
- Technique
- Engraved
- Condition
- Fair. Repaired: Reinforced using contemporary paper backed with acid free archival tape. Several creases in the print. Surface paper damage, several worm holes and tears in right margin.
- Island
- Java
- Place names
- Batavia is now Jakarta
- Collection
- Towns and Landscapes
- Period
- The Company, 1700 to 1799
- Stock no.
- f_29308542
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 titled 'Gesight van het Suyker Packhuys, gesien op de Brugh van het Casteel Batavia by de Letter W in het Perspectief.' View of the Sugar Warehouse in Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia), as seen from the Bridge of Batavia Castle. This print originates from the monumental 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën (..)' by François Valentyn / Valentijn, published in 1724-1726.
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: 36.9 x 28.8 cm.
