"Tabula Itineris Decies Mille Graecorum sub Cyro Contra Fratrem Suum Artaxerxem Regem Persarum...", Duval, Pierre

This historical map illustrates the region involved in the conquest of Cyrus the Great (558-528 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. It covers all of Asia Minor through to Armenia and Babylon. Three superb cartouches featuring putti adorn the map, which was compiled and drawn by Pierre Duval for Jansson's historical atlas. Blank verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #8110H:1.

Condition: A

A fine impression with wide margins and a few light spots at top left. There are some tiny tears along edges of sheet, far from image.