Subject: Near & Middle East
Period: 1771 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Moderne
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.1 x 11.9 inches
43.4 x 30.2 cm
Crisp copper engraved map that covers Syria, Israel, Turkey and Iraq. Extends to include much of the Black Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and a little of Russia. Clearly shows Baghdad with good detail along the Tigris River. Filled with scores of place names. Decorative rococo-style cartouche, uncolored as issued. Four distance scales.
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Condition: B+
Contemporary outline color on a watermarked sheet with light toning and soiling, and a few tiny worm holes only visible when held to light.