Artist: Philippe Canot or Caneau (French, c.1715-1783).
Engraver: Pierre Pasquier (French, 1731–1806).
Title: Grands du Roiaume Tunquin (Lords of the Kingdom Tonkin).
Signed, Numbered, Annotated, and Titled in plate: U.m. Grands du Roiaume Tunquin. L.l. Caneau inv. L.r. Pasquier sculp. T. IX. No. XVIII.
Dimensions approx.: Image 7" x 5 1/4". Sheet 10" x 7 1/4".
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: 1751.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper. Illegible watermark.
Condition: Trimmed margins. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Histoire des Voyages by Abbe Prevost. Paris, Tome IX, 1751.
Museums and Libraries: Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Title page   https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49127437
Engraving   https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49127503
Note: Tunquin (Tonkin) is currently the northern region of Vietnam.