"Deserta Aegypti, Thebaidis, Arabiae, Syriae Etc. Ubi Accurate Notata sunt Loca Inhabitata per Sanctos Patres Anachoretas", Seutter, Matthias

This map focuses on the Middle Eastern regions surrounding the eastern Mediterranean and the western Red Sea. A large compass rose at bottom right orients north to the top right. The map is filled with three-dimensional mountains and miniature vignettes of people and animals, including two snakes chasing a Pegasus-like creature in Egypt. Two ships in the Mediterranean represent St. Hilarion's ship escaping a pirate ship. The allegorical title cartouche features Pan, a Centaur, and other mythical creatures.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with a coat of arms watermark and a bit of soiling along the centerfold at bottom.