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Auction 204, Lot 542

"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 l'Academie Rle. des Sciences", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Mediterranean, Middle East & Northern Africa

Period: 1701 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.9 x 18.6 inches
63.2 x 47.2 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. Engraved by H. van Loon.

References: Ankary, p. 294-95; Tibbetts #229.

Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on a sturdy, watermarked sheet with light soiling and offsetting along the centerfold.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $160

Closed on 6/18/2025

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