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C1790
View of the City of Morocco, the Capital of that Kingdom on the coast of Barbary.
Artist:
Thomas Bankes
C18th engraved view of Morocco. From Bankes, Geography.
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Full Title:
View of the City of Morocco, the Capital of that Kingdom on the coast of Barbary.
Date:
C1790
Artist:
Thomas Bankes
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
185mm
x 140mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1790
Description:
C18th engraved view of Morocco.
From Bankes, Geography.
Biography:
Thomas Bankes: 18th century collector of maps and engravings and vicar of Dixton, Monmouthshire, whose New and Authentic System of Universal Geography (London, C. Cooke, ca. 1788-90) compiled views from various countries, including some detailing the voyages of Captain James Cook.
Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, and Alexander Cook’s A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography (hereafter Thomas Bankes’s). A massive folio volume of 990 double-columned pages, this was a popular work, running to six editions in the years from 1775 to 1797
