"Carte de la Turquie de l'Arabie et de la Perse Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Recens Rectifiez par les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royle. des Sciences", Delisle/Covens & Mortier

Superb map of the Ottoman Empire stretching from the Balkans through present-day Turkmenistan in the north and including Northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The map is boldly engraved, packed with information and decorated with a fine title cartouche. Delisle's maps of the Middle East were some of the most accurate early maps published until the end of the 18th century.

References: Ankary, p. 294-95; Tibbetts #229.

Condition: B+

There is one small hole between the Black and Caspian Seas that has been professionally repaired, with the letter "A" (of "Erivan") in facsimile. There is minor soiling and light damp stains in right and left blank margins, just entering map.