"Natolia quae olim Asia Minor", Mariette, Pierre (the younger)

This rare map is Mariette's copy of Blaeu's map of the same title, newly engraved by A. Peyrounin. This handsome map of present-day Turkey includes several Aegean Islands and Cyprus prominently shown in the south. A fierce sea battle rages in the Mediterranean along with curious looking sea monsters. Two winged female creatures suspend the banner style title cartouche, and the map is further decorated with a surveyor holding an unusual vertical scale of miles

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the decorative elements, on a bright sheet with a coat of arms watermark. There is light toning along the centerfold, a pair of worm tracks along the centerfold at the bottom of the image, and a dampstain confined to the top blank margin.