Pauromama or Mount of Pleasure. Pauromama Vreugdenberg.
(Amsterdam). Jacob Meurs, (Circa 1680). Stock ID #208423 An early edition of the plate which appeared in Arnoldus Montanus' "Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maetschappy in't Vereenigde Nederland, aen de kaisaren van Japan." published by Jacob Meurs in 1669. Montanus based his work on journals from the Dutch East India Company Embassy of 1649. Features of the river view are numbered and described in Dutch (at top left corner) and English (at top right corner). When referring to this item please quote stockid 208423.
Copperplate engraving on laid paper with generous margins, 24 x 34 cms (image); 38 x 49 cms (sheet), original central fold, the sheet has been been previously folded (presumably for framing) at four sides to reduce the margin, with short tears at the left fold (not affecting the image), the sheet a little age-toned and edges ragged, but the image a fine dark impression in very good condition.
Price: $325.00 AU