Peru antique print. Tarabites or Peruvian Rope Bridges. Middleton c1778

by Middleton, Charles Theodore

Engineering antique print. Suspending horses and bridges high above a ravine, and pulling them across the ravine by suspension cables.  

Original copperplate engraving with beautifully decorated border. One of the fascinating engravings of ethnography, topography and architecture, for Middleton’s Complete System of Geography, published in London circa 1777-1778 by Charles Theodore Middleton. 

Page measures 23 x 36cm.(9 x 14 inches). Engraving to plate-mark 19 x 24cm (7.5 x 9.5 inches)