Fig. III. Tom: II Pag: 50 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Fig. III. Tom: II Pag: 50
Subject: Imaginary Places; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Creatures; Inventions; Gulliver
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Laputa; England
Description: This image depicts an invention created by Laputan Projectors. The invention is to rework the Laputan language. On each of the squares is a symbol representing a phrase in the Laputan language. There are handles which would be turned to create different phrases which would then be analyzed. This image also appears in the 1739 von Wiering edition.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:20762
Language: ger
Source Name: Des Capitains Lemuel Gulliver Reisen in unterschiedliche entfernte und unbekandte Länder
Parent Collection: Des Capitains Lemuel Gulliver Reisen in unterschiedliche entfernte und unbekandte Länder Vol. II. Anonymous Illustrations (1727); Des Capitains Lemuel Gulliver Reisen in unterschiedliche entfernte und unbekandte Länder Vol. II. Anonymous Illustrations (1727)
Image: mta_20762_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Imaginary Places; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Creatures; Inventions; Gulliver