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Further details

Etching. Illustration for La Croix, Relation universelle, vol. 3, p. 356. Trial by poison made from the mbondo plant.

Artist or creator

Meurs, Jacob van (1617/1618-1679) (after). Recut after the illustration in Olfert Dapper, Description de l'Afrique, Amsterdam 1686, p. 325.

Date

1688

Location

Book, text or document (source of image)

Contact

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