Subject: Southern Balkans
Period: 1797 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.9 x 19.6 inches
50.5 x 49.8 cm
Handsome map of the Ottoman possessions in Greece and the Balkans including Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia. The large, decorative title cartouche incorporates a portrait of Mahomet II and was finely engraved by Barriere.
References:
Condition: B+
A dark impression on a bright sheet with a birdhouse watermark, very light soiling, and a short printer's crease at top center. There are two worm tracks in lower margin and a few tiny tears along the edges of the sheet.