View Of Tongling

View Of Tongling  is an original print realized in the beginning of the XVIII century by  Pieter van der Aa .

Hand-watercolored etching. Includes frame 42 x 52.5 cm. On the back, the label of the artwork's provenance (Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong). 

The original title,  Tongling - Ville dans la Chine , is printed on plate on the higher center. The author name is printed on plate on the lower left.

Good conditions.

The print represents a view of the city of  Tongling : in the foreground, boats along the river and, on the background, the little village and the mountain that surmounts it.

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This artwork is from  La Galerie agreable du Monde , a monumental 66 part atlas published by  Pieter van der Aa  in Leiden from 1724 to 1729. It is considered the largest atlas ever published and possibly the costliest and most comprehensive geographical work ever produced. The volume contained plates that generally consist of views, maps, and street plans, reissues of maps of the principal cities including Beijing, Nanjing, Guangdong, and Tianjin; costume plates, flags, court ceremonies, funeral rites, animals, Chinese ships, in addition to Van der Aa's own maps prepared specifically for this interesting atlas.

Pieter van der Aa  (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher of maps and atlases active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. During his long and impressive career, Van der Aa produced thousands of maps, including a vast 28 volume atlas containing no less than 3,000 maps.