Churchill, Awnsham & John.

The City of Masulipatam. Print] Taken from Churchill's A Collection of Voyages]

London: 1732. Very Good. Item #6481

Copper engraved view, recently hand-coloured. Sheet dimensions [340mm, 400mm]. Platemark dimensions [280mm, 350mm]. Fold mark running vertically through centre of sheet. Age marks around edges of sheet, one small stain at top fold. Taken from Vol 3. to face Pp 589. View of the City of Masulipatam from Churchill's Collection of Voyages. The print shows a view of the port and city of Masulipatam, India, in which we see elephants, residents of the town collecting water, smoking, going towards the seaside. Buildings flying the flag of England are seen in the distance, as well as sailboats on the horizon. The Churchill brothers, Awnsham (1658-1728) and John (1663-1714), were publishers in London. A collection of voyages and travels: some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English, was first published in 1704, and was a four-volume collection of voyages and travel accounts. This specific print would have first appeared in the 1732 expanded edition, which grew to six volumes of voyages. Engraving is attributed to minister and cartographer Philip Baladeus, and originally published in 1672 in his book A true and exact description of the most celebrated East India coast of Malabar and Coromandel, and of the island of Ceylon, with all the adjacent countries.

Price (CAD): $250.00