Subject: Antioch, Turkey
Period: 1624 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Black & White
Size:
19.1 x 14.4 inches
48.5 x 36.6 cm
A lovely view of the paradise Daphne, today's Harbiye and a suburb of Antioch (Antakya), created on the basis of classical sources, including Ammianus, Strabo and Philostratus. According to mythology, Apollo attempted to make the wood nymph Daphne his lover here. Latin text on verso.
References: Van den Broecke #232.
Condition: B+
A bright sheet with several small, faint stains and professional repairs to a centerfold separation at bottom, a couple of tiny worm tracks along the centerfold, and a hole in the top blank margin.