Mythology

Dapper, Olfert "Perseus rescuing Andromeda" Amsterdam Wolfgangh, Waesbergen, Boom. Someren en Goethals 1688
Copper engraved illustration of Perseus rescuing Andromeda.
Set in a page of Dutch text [page116] from Olfert Dapper's"Naukeurige Beschryving van Morea"1688. Single page. folio. text to verso Clear impression with wide margins. some soiling.

There is only one edition of Olfert Dapper's "Naukeurige Beschryving van Morea" with Dutch text published in 1688. Perseus was exiled from Argos in the Peloponnesus; after many trials he retuned to Tyrins with Andromeda as his queen.
125 by 157mm (5 by 6¼ inches).   ref: 1030  €40