Engraver: Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu, called "Tardieu fils" or "Tardieu the younger", (1716 – 1791) was a French engraver.
Title: 1. Seigneurs de Lassa tires de Grueber. 2. Trophee a l'honneur du Grand Lama (1. Courtiers of Lhasa, taken from Grueber. 2. Trophy in honor of the Dalai Lama).
Signed, Numbered, and Titled: 1. Seigneurs de Lassa tires de Grueber. 2. Trophee a l'honneur du Grand Lama. Beneath the image: L.l. JaN. Tardieu sculp. L.r. T. VII. No. XIV.
Dimensions: Image 7 1/2" x 5 1/2". Sheet 10" x 7 1/8".
Publisher: François Didot, the prominent publisher, was highly esteemed by colleges. 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: 1749.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper. Indistinct watermark.
Condition: Trimmed margins. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Histoire des Voyages by Abbe Prevost. Paris, Tome VII, 1749.
Museums and Libraries: Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Title page https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49095957
Engraving https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49096116
Note: Johannes Grueber (1623 — 1680) was a Jesuit missionary explorer of land routes to China who left journals and maps, published by Athanasius Kircher ("China illustrata", Amsterdam, 1667).