Artist: Cano (Philippe Canot or Caneau?), after.
Title: Differentes sortes de fakirs (Different types of a religious ascetic).
Signed, Numbered, and Titled in plate: U.m. Differentes sortes de fakirs. L.l. Cano inv. L.r. T. X. No. IV.
Dimensions: Image 7 1/4" x 5 3/8". Sheet 10" x 7".
Publisher: François Didot 1689-1757. Colleges highly esteemed this prominent publisher. He even was elected Syndic of the Booksellers' Corporation. He published "Histoire des voyages..." (20 volumes), widely recognized for polygraphy perfection.
Edition: Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues,... Enrichie de Cartes géographiques. Nouvellement composées sur les observations les plus authentiques,... Nouvelle édition, revue sur l'original anglois,...[Translated from English and compiled by Prévost].
Date: 1752.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper. Partially visible unidentified watermark.
Condition: Trimmed margins. Water stains along the right margin. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Histoire des Voyages by Abbe Prevost. Paris, Tome X, 1752.
Museums and Libraries: Biodiversity Heritage Library.
The Title page https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49135772
The Engraving https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49135994
Note: Fakirs are generally regarded as holy men who are possessed of miraculous powers (Wiki).