Original line engraving on steel with ancient Persian weapons: helmets with mail and plume, an embossed round shield, the saber of Ali with its scabbard, a straight sword, spearheads, a bow in its case and a quiver full of arrows. Signed Lemaitre direxit below the image.
Original line engraving on steel with ancient Persian weapons: helmets with mail and plume, an embossed round shield, the saber of Ali with its scabbard, a straight sword, spearheads, a bow in its case and a quiver full of arrows. Signed Lemaitre direxit below the image.
Bilingual French-Spanish heading (Perse / Persia), proper to the Spanish edition of the Panorama Universal, the Castilian version of L'Univers pittoresque by Firmin Didot.
Medium: Copper engraving on steel.
Engraver / printing directed by: Lemaitre.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: Image 4.4 x 7.3 in (11.2 x 18.5 cm).
Condition: Sound; the impression is clean, with foxing and damp staining in the margins of the sheet and small tears at the right edge.