Engraver: Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais, 1687-1763. Engraver; print-publisher and print-seller in Paris from 1715.
Title: Femmes, tirées du P. du Halde. 1.Dame Tartare. 2. Bonzesse. 3. Paisane. 4. Servante. (Women, taken from du Halde. Tartar lady; Buddhist nun; Peasant; Servant).
Signed, Numbered, and Titled: Femmes, tirées du P. du Halde. 1.Dame Tartare. 2. Bonzesse. 3. Paisane. 4. Servante.. Beneath the image: L.l. Beauvais sculp. L.r. T. VII. No. VII.
Dimensions: Image 7 1/2" x 5 1/2". Sheet 10" x 7 1/8".
Publisher: François Didot 1689-1757. Colleges highly esteemed this prominent publisher. He even was elected Syndic of the Booksellers' Corporation. He published "Histoire des voyages..." (20 volumes), widely recognized for polygraphy perfection.
Edition: Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues,... Enrichie de Cartes géographiques. Nouvellement composées sur les observations les plus authentiques,... Nouvelle édition, revue sur l'original anglois,...[Translated from English and compiled by Prévost].
Date: 1749.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Condition: Trimmed margins. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Histoire des Voyages by Abbe Prevost. Paris, Tome VII, 1749.
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The Title page
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The Engraving
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Note: Jean-Baptiste Du Halde was a French Jesuit historian specializing in China.