Antique Engraving, Beheading Criminals in Benin, 1777.

Antique Engraving, Beheading Criminals in Benin, 1777.    

Titled  ‘The Manner of Beheading Criminals in the Kingdom of Benin, the method of riding and their mode of building’.

Engraved for Charles Theodore Middleton’s complete system of Geography.

Genuine, original copper plate antique engraving.

Size – 8 ½ x 13 ½ inches.

Published – 1777.

Condition – very good with some age toning, fold to top left hand corner.

Blank on reverse.