Old engraving of a water castle in China from 1750

Title:

Le Chateau D'eau De Canton Tire De Nieuhof/ the water castle at Canton , from Nieuhof

dimensions engraving: 14 x 13.5 cm.

wide margins

Cartographer
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772)
Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London.

engraved by Jakob van der Schley aka Jakob van Schley a Dutch engraver.

Published: Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747 - 1780.

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