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Rites of the World
Old Print of Vishnu and the Fifth Incarnation, 1672
Anno Domini MDCLXXII1672
£290
$380 · €340
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1672
- Sheet size
- 12.6 × 7.9 in (32 × 20 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Given age. Tiny hole bottom left edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
- Faith
- Hinduism
- Collection
- Rites of the World
- Era
- Before 1700, Woodcuts and the great atlases
- Stock no.
- f_27255112
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.
Antique print, untitled. This original antique print shows Vishnu in his fifth incarnation or avatar. Dutch text on verso. From: 'Naauwkeurige Beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel…en het machtige Eyland Ceylon'… by Philippus Baldaeus, published in The Netherlands 1672.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Philip Baldaeus' after an anonymous artist. Author: Philip Baldaeus (1632-1672). Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde (October 1632, Delft, 1672, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna, Ceylon with an invading Dutch force during 17th Century. As the first European he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, similar to Mahawamsa, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German (with many beautiful plates).
