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Auction 198, Lot 588

"Carte de Perse Dressee pour l'Usage du Roy", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Persia - Iran

Period: 1724 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.3 x 19.3 inches
61.7 x 49 cm
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This handsome map of the region is one of the more important maps in the evolution of cartography in the Persian Gulf in the eighteenth century. The map stretches from the Caucasus through Afghanistan and from the Arabian Desert to the Indus River, and shows a new, still developing shape. The map is filled with impressive detail including roads, bridges, forts, cities, villages, watering places and much else of interest. Finely engraved by P. Starckman with his imprint at lower right.

References: Couto, Bacque-Grammont & Taleghani #72.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with light dampstains along the sides of the sheet, entering about 1.5 inches into the image at right and left.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/19/2024

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