PROBST; GEORG BALTHASAR.

Pyramides Aegyptiae, miraculum mundi tertium. Les Pyramides de l’Egypte, troisiéme miracle du Monde. I Pyramidi d’Egitto, il terzo miracolo del Mondo. Die Egyptischen Pyramiden, dritte Wunderwerk der Welt.

Augsburg, G.B. Probst, ca. 1780. Engraved and hand coloured vue d'optique. 30 x 40 cm. Mirrored titel with small tear not affecting text. Colours slightly faded, margins a little foxed.

Vues d’optique: perspective views produced as hand-colored prints generally intended to be viewed through a convex lens.
Georg Balthasar Probst was a German artist, engraver and publisher in Augsburg, a major European publishing center in the 17th and 18th centuries. He produced architectural views of places around the world, including vues d’optique, which were published in various places during the last half of the 18th century, including Paris, Augsburg and London. He was also known for his portraits.

Order-nr.: 41637