Subject: Black Sea
Period: 1745 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.7 x 19.3 inches
57.7 x 49 cm
An outstanding map of the regions surrounding the Black Sea that is beautifully engraved to show topography, roads, and cities. Features a large inset of the Bosphorus with the city of Constantinople in at top right. A drape-style title cartouche is held aloft by putti.
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Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet with an Elias Kutter watermark, with full contemporary color in the map and later color in the cartouche. There is a bit of printer's ink residue at center, a printer's crease at bottom right, and a few minor spots, mostly confined to the blank margins.