Rare view of MASTRICHT depicting, in the foreground, two mythological figures, Minos (according to legend son of Zeus and Europe, author of the Cretan constitution, priest and legislator, freed from pirates the Mediterranean Sea), and Mecentius (armenian patrician, usurper of the throne of Syracuse, was deposed by Constantine IV and beheaded in 669 A.D.)
Copper engraving on laid and watermarked paper, published in: David Faßmann, Der auf Ordre und Kosten seines Kaysers reisende Chineser. Was er von dem Zustand und Begebnissen der Welt, insonderheit aber derer Europäischen Lande, ... vor Bericht erstattet (Leipzig: Derr 1723-1733).
Dim.: 13x17 cm (the engraved part)
Exemplary in beautiful conditions, old coloring, blank verso.
