Set of Two Original Antique Engravings of Peru by C.T. Middleton, 1778

Name: Set of Two Original Antique Engravings of Peru by C.T. Middleton, 1778
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14303-20 & BG-14303-21
Price: 390 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1778
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 35.8 × 22.3 cm (14.1 × 8.8 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition considering their age. General age-related toning, scattered foxing, original folds and minor wear and irregularities along the sheet edges. Please study the images carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14303-20 & BG-14303-21

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Two Peruvian subjects from Charles Theodore Middleton's A New and Complete System of Geography, an original matched pair of copperplate engravings published in London in 1778 for J. Cooke. Each is sold as one of a set of two plates, with a matching ornamental border and an oval cartouche at the top reading "Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography."

The first plate, "Tarabites or Peruvian Rope Bridges", shows a rocky gorge crossed by several ropes. A house stands on the cliff at the left, travelers and animals cross on the ropes, and others wait on the near bank, with clouds above. The second, "Various Boats, Barks &c. used in the Rivers and on the Coasts of Peru in South America", shows a large sailing raft with a mat sail and a figure standing on it, and smaller round and rimmed boats around it, beneath rocky headlands and a cloudy sky.

Both are framed by tall pilasters hung with floral festoons, and urns and garlands. The two plates illustrate methods of crossing rivers and traveling on the coast in Peru, as described for English readers of the geography.

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