Subject: Black Sea
Period: 1730 (circa)
Publication: Kleyne en Beknopte Atlas, of Tooneel des Oorlogs in Europa
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.1 x 7.3 inches
30.7 x 18.5 cm
Handsome and informative map covering the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea with Istanbul. Ratelband's atlas illustrated the regions involved in the War of the Grand Alliance (1689-1697), the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), the Great Northern War (1699-1717), and the first years of the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738).
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Condition: A
A dark impression, issued folding on a faintly toned sheet with a fleur-de-lis watermark. There are some stains along the top edge of the sheet, and the top margin is narrow, as issued.