Author: Samuel Sparrow (fl. 1770-1806)
Title: [Antique print, handcolored etching, oude prent Zaandam] View of ZAANDAM near Amsterdam, published ca. 1790.
Description: View on the Zaandam, a city near Amsterdam.Titled below: 'View of ZAANDAM near Amsterdam'; inscribed above: 'Engraved for Barlow's General History of Europe.' Signed at bottom right: 'Sparrow sculp.'Used as illustration in Percival Barlow's: 'The general history of Europe ; and entertaining traveller. Comprising an historical and geographical account of all the empires, kingdoms, &c.', published in 1790-91. Handcolored etching on paper; plate mark: 208 x 310 mm, total: 220 x 334 mm; with the exception of a repaired tear on the right margin, in very good condition.

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