Subject: Cyprus
Period: 1719 (circa)
Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Black & White
Size:
3.9 x 5.6 inches
9.9 x 14.2 cm
This handsome miniature map shows the island of Cyprus, then under Ottoman control. Towns and cities are identified, including Nicosia. The title cartouche is surrounded by a stunningly engraved battle scene. Alternate German title appears above neatline: Die Insel Cypern. Fig. CXXXII.
References: King (3nd ed.) #1683; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.
Condition: A
There is minor foxing, most of it confined to the blank margins, and a touch of printer's ink residue.