A stunning carte-a-figures map of the Persian empire. The vignettes of Isfahan, Hormuz, Tabris, and Tehran flank the title cartouche. The side panels illustrate the social hierarchy of Persian society with superb illustrations of a nobleman, a citizen, a countryman, and a Turk with their respective female partners. The map is filled with scores of place names, details of the Persian Gulf, and charming pictorial detail of topography and cities. The Caspian Sea is given a horizontal oval shape with a note that "it is said to aboud with great plentye of fishes." The English text on the verso has a description of the region, people and history as seen through eyes of a Jacobian English historian. Engraved by Abraham Goos. This is an early edition with the imprint of George Humble in Popshead Alley above the distance scale, published between 1627-32. English text on verso.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.SPE-2a #17.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark. There is an archivally repaired centerfold separation that extends 1" into the image at bottom and a short repaired edge tear confined to the bottom blank margin. The top margin is slightly trimmed at center.