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Contributor Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Title De stadt Benin = Benin, ville de la Guinée, en Afrique [graphic] / A Leide, chez Pierre Vander AA.
Title The city of Benin = Benin, city in Guinea, in Africa
Publisher [Leyden: s.n]
Publisher NETHERLANDS. Leyden. 1729
Date [1729?]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; image 27 x 35 cm. (10.75 x 14 in)
Description Bird's-eye view of the African city of Benin in Guinea. According to the key, which is printed in both French and Dutch, A denotes the queen's residence. B represents the wall surrounding the royal grounds, and C marks the entrance. The structures marked D are diverse palace buildings. The procession denoted by the letter F (should be E) suggests the "solemn depature of the king." The figure marked E (should be F) represents "his royalty on a horse." G denotes musicians playing for the king; H corresponds with "fools and dwarfs;" and the figures marked I tend to the king's tigers.
Is part of Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733. Galerie agreable du monde. Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?].
Notes Double-page plate in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?]), n.p.
In the absence of pagination, 38 has been written next to the plate.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Subject Castles & palaces -- Guinea.
Geographic subject Benin City (Nigeria) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Cityscapes -- 1720-1730.
Engravings -- 1720-1730.
Book illustrations -- 1720-1730.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (38)
Accession number 1729.F