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Auction 169, Lot 632

"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 Academie Royle. des Sciences", Delisle/Covens & Mortier

Subject: Mediterranean, Middle East & Northern Africa

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Nouveau

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.3 x 18 inches
56.6 x 45.7 cm
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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: A

On thick, heavy paper with minor toning along the centerfold.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $200

Closed on 9/12/2018

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