Schering Rosenhane’s Book Collection at the Library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
In 1672 two Amsterdam publishing houses produced competing illustrated travelogues by authors Olfert Dapper and Philip Baldaeus about the Indian subcontinent. Both of these expensive, folio-sized books prominently featured full-page illustrations of the Dasávatāra (the ten earthly incarnations of the Hindu god, Viṣṇu). Books featuring illustrations...