Ghent Belgium St Michel a Gand 1780 old Vue d'Optique hand color city view print Hawaii signs of age and light

signs of age and light surface soiling

van Otterloo

8 3/8" H x 10 5/8" W

bottom left vertical fold-line repaired long ago in typical slightly inexpert old style

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Ghent Belgium St Michel a Gand 1780 old Vue d'Optique hand color city view print Hawaii signs of age and lightVue de St. Michel a Gand (Ghent, Belgium city view) Issued ca. 1770 90, Europe Fine and uncommon antique "vue d'optique" print, with lovely original hand color. Image displays very well, some light minor old browning at left middle side, sheet affixed long ago to a hand made paper cardboard backing (possibly original to the view given how the toning to the cardboard matches the toning to the print paper on the back). A picture is worth a thousand