The Pharos of Alexandria. Coloured etching, 17--.

Date:
[between 1700 and 1799]
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2977797i
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Publication/Creation

A.V. [Augusta Vindelica, Augsburg] : Cum gratia et privilegio sac. caes. majestatis, Georg Balthasar Probst excud, [between 1700 and 1799]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving and watercolour ; platemark 31.8 x 42.1 cm

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Phare de l'Egypte. Pharus Aegypti Alexandrina, miraculum mundi septimum. Phare de l'Egypte, septiéme miracle du monde. Pharo d'Egitto, settimo miracolo del mondo. Der hoche Egyptische Feuer Thurn, siebende Wunderwerck der Welt. Med. Fol.o no. 43. Bears number, top right: 167 "Phare de l'Egypte" at the top is in reverse, for viewing in a mirror-projector

References note

Sixt von Kapff, Guckkastenbilder, perspective views, vues d'optique aus dem Augsburger Verlag von Georg Balthasar Probst 1732-1801: Gesamtkatalog, Weissenhorn 2010, p.?, no. ?

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2977797i

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