Subject: Middle East & Cyprus
Period: 1784 (dated)
Publication: Atlante Novissimo
Color: Hand Color
Size:
15.8 x 11.9 inches
40.1 x 30.2 cm
Attractive map of the Turkish Empire, showing the Near East and the easternmost part of the Mediterranean with Cyprus. Decorated with a landscape-style title cartouche. Engraved by G. Pitteri.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.ZAT-1a, Vol. 4 #2.
Condition: B+
Full contemporary color on a bright sheet with the watermarks of three crescent moons and the initial "W." There is light toning along the centerfold with several small wormholes along the centerfold, some of which have been repaired.