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XIX. Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. [How elephants are caught in Pegu]

How elephants are caught in Pegu. The king of Pegu had a particular method of transporting elephants. He had a great enclosure built of strong wooden posts, with a trap d...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


XX. Festum Regis in Pegu Solenne. [The king of Pegu's festival]

The king of Pegu's festival. In Pegu there are many festivals. The most important one is known as Sapan Giachie. On that day, the king appeared, dressed in the most festi...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


XXI. Festorum Quorundam Aliorum in Pegu. (Other festivities in the kingdom of Pegu]

Among their many festivals, the Peguans had a particular one called Sapan Daiche – the Festival of Water. The king arrived at a certain place where everyone sprinkled e...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


XXII. Sepulturae Regum et Sacerdotum in Pegu delineatio. (The funerals of kings and priests in Pegu)

When a king dies, his friends call for a special boat. This is a kind of double boat, like a catamaran, with a gilded roof overhead, under which is a gilded framework upo...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


XVII. Proditorum in Pegu Supplicium.

Human torture in Pegu, now Myanmar. After his stay in the Indian city of Goa, Van Linschoten set out for Europe with a Portuguese return fleet in 1588. One of the ships w...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


XV. Ratio Homines Ex Uno Loco In alium gestandi.

Scene in the kingdom of Pegu, now Myanmar, showing elephant, ships and locals.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in ...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


XVI. Magnificentiae Regis In Pegu, et Quomodo. . .

A scene in the kingdom of Pegu, now Myanmar, shows elephants, ships, and locals. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages ...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Aracam.

A rare miniature map of Thailand and Burma. Title cartouche on the upper left corner. First published in 1598 in his 'Caert-Thresoor', the plates were executed by the mos...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606

 


Le Roy de Camboia est le Seig.r de touts les Costes de Malabares, et des terres que le Fleuve Indus. . .

Very rare and decorative costume plate. Underneath the plate a descriptive text in French.Bears the address : A Paris chez F. Jollain l aine Rue St Jacques a la Ville de ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN, F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1685-1705

 


Perspective des Isles de Palo Condoro à le regarde de 8 lieües di coté de Midy.

An attractive view of the Isle de Condor (Côn Son Island), located off the southern tip of Vietnam and a victualing point by European traders. In 1702, the English East ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Paris / Amsterdam, ca 1730