Subject: Persia - Iran
Period: 1658 (circa)
Publication: Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.6 x 15.4 inches
52.3 x 39.1 cm
This handsome map of the Persian Empire extends from the Caspian Sea to the Arabian Sea, and as far east as the Indus River. Decorated with a lovely cartouche and engraved by Jean Somer.
References: Pastoureau, SANSON V A [7].
Condition: B+
A crisp impression with contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with an easel watermark and light toning along the centerfold.